"I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation."
Madam Benoit

"When baking, follow directions. When cooking,
go by your own taste."
Laiko Bahrs

"Savory seasonings stimulate the appetite."
Latin Proverb

"I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking."
James Beard

"She bought the groceries, washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots... diced the onions, cut the garlic, marinated the meat, set the table, lighted some candles & cleaned everything up, but, he, made the dinner."
-Anonymous

"Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him the entire weekend."
Zenna Schaffer 

"Did you ever stop to taste a carrot?  Not just eat it, but taste it?  You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie."
Astrid Alauda

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons."
Alfred E. Newman

"Condensed milk is wonderful.  I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans."
Fred Allen