Subject: Food/Drink » Cooking (Page 3)

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

While it may be true that a watched pot never boils, the one you don’t keep and eye on can make an awful mess on your stove.

(1820 – 1897) Mormon missionary

Cookin’ With Coolio

Chef: A man with a big enough vocabulary to give the soup a different name every day.

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t, and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

(1932 – ) British novelist & journalist

The English contribution to world cuisine – the chip.

(1939 – ) English actor, comedian, writer & producer

50 Ways to Eat Cock

When my mother had to get dinner for eight she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

We could not have had a better dinner had there been a Synod of Cooks.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

You are always complimented on the item that took the least effort to prepare. Example: If you make roast turkey, you will be complimented on the baked potato.

She did not so much cook food as assassinate food

English writer

Friccastewing a chicken on the hotplate.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

My husband says I feed him like he's a god: every meal is a burnt offering.

(1951 – ) American stand-up comic & actress

My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I tell ya, my wife's a lousy cook… after dinner, I don't brush my teeth, I count them.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The difference between a chef and a cook is the difference between a wife and a prostitute; cooks do meals for people they know and love, chefs do it anonymously for anyone who’s got the price.

(1954 – ) British writer & critic

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking.

(1919 – 2011) American news commentator & writer