Cooking quotes

“I like cooking, but I like other people cooking more.”
David Wenham

“What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.”
Vincent Schiavelli

- Nolan Traynor: We can get other jobs.
- Amanda Shelton: Sure, we can take out an add. We can afford it. "Situation wanted: shitty chef and sous chef seek restaurant to ruin".
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. - Nolan Traynor
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Amanda Shelton

- Sam "Ace" Rothstein: From now on, I want you to put an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin... an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin.
- Baker: Do you know how long that's going to take?
- Sam "Ace" Rothstein: I don't care how long it takes. Put an equal amount in each muffin.

Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein
Jack Orend - Baker

“Come on in, I'll put on a pot of Bourbon.”
Shirley MacLaine - Katharine Richelieu

“Drop Dead Fred is going to teach me how to cook today. I'm going to need flour and sugar and honey and vodka and a pair of your pants. We're making pants pie. Ow!”

Ashley Peldon - Young Elizabeth

“- Sir Henry: I don't know what I want, but I want it now!
- Mrs. E.: Fried or fired, dear?
- Sir Henry: Now!
- Mrs. E.: Fried?
- Sir Henry: I want my meat burned like Saint Joan.”
Trevor Howard - Sir Henry Rawlinson
Denise Coffey - Mrs. E.

“In prison, dinner was always a big thing. We had a pasta course and then we had a meat or fish. Paulie did the prep work. He was doing a year for contempt, and he had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor, and he used to slice it so thin that he used to liquefy in the pan with just a little oil. It was a very good system.”
Ray Liotta - Henry Hill

“You ever tried cooking calzone in a microwave? Comes out like a limp dick.”
Robert Loggia - Sallie (The Shark) Macelli

“- Harry Monroe: That ain't oregano.
- Sissie: You put this in the veal?
- Cook's Helper: And the soup.
- Sissie: No!
- Cook's Helper: And the salad.
- Sissie: Lord have mercy! Grass!
- Harry Monroe: My grass. Jesus! You cooked half my stash!”
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
Esther Sutherland - Sissie
Pamela Poitier - Cook's Helper

“Your aim is as bad as your cooking sweetheart.”
Brad Pitt - John Smith

“- Edgar: What does steak taste like again? I had it once, but I can't remember.
- Curtis: If you can't remember then it's better to forget.
- Edgar: What does it smell like when it's cooked? It must emanate around the place.”
Jamie Bell - Edgar
Chris Evans - Curtis

“- Ray Elwood: Let's just say cooking smack is like preparing Thanksgiving dinner where one of the ingredients is a hand grenade.
- Sergeant Saad: This shit explodes?
- Ray Elwood: Kaboom.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Ray Elwood
Shiek Mahmud-Bey - Sergeant Saad

“I have to say, this really is the most incredible shit.”

Colin Firth - Mark Darcy

“20 zloty, that's all we have left, 20 zolty. What can I buy with 20 zloty? I am sick of cooking potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.”
Maureen Diane Lipman - Mother

“- Douglas Blake: All the times we've been back here, I've never seen you in the kitchen.
- Liz Hamilton: I don't go in the kitchen the roaches talk about me.”
David Selby - Doug Blake
Jacqueline Bisset - Liz Hamilton

“- Margaret: Put some elbow grease behind that stirring. Nobody wants to eat any burnt tapioca.
- Libby: Does it smell like it's burning?
- Margaret: Oh, I swear you got shit for brains, girl.”
Roma Maffia - Margaret
Ashley Judd - Libby

“No secret, it's the meat. Don't skimp on the meat. I've got a real good eye for prime meat. Runs in the family.”

Jim Siedow - Drayton Sawyer - The Cook

“You must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true - anyone can cook... but only the fearless can be great.”
Brad Garrett - Gusteau

“People think haute cuisine is snooty. So chef must also be snooty.”
Janeane Garofalo - Colette

“- Deanne McKenzie: Since when did you learn to speak Chinese?
- Kurt McKenzie: Just a little something I picked up watching a Chinese cooking show.
- Deanne McKenzie: That's great. Maybe you should focus a little less on the talking, and a little more on the cooking.”
Maya Rudolph - Deanne McKenzie
Chris Rock - Kurt McKenzie

“- Boone: Where may I ask, is my coffee? I always start my day with a cup of coffee.
- Omri: Okay, if you're good, I'll make you breakfast.
- Little Bear: Cook? Like a woman! You are a woman!”
Keith David - Boone
Hal Scardino - Omri
Litefoot - Little Bear

“Who bothers to cook TV dinners? I suck them frozen.”
Woody Allen

“When I see a cake, I see a forest fire.”
Steve Van Wormer - Stew Deedle

“- Helene the Cook: Tonight, I'm going to make a wonderful vegetarian dinner, okay?
- Madeline: I want chicken Helene.”
Chantal Neuwirth - Helene the Cook
Hatty Jones - Madeline