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15 quotes by Diane Mott Davidson

Diane Mott Davidson (born (1949-03-22)March 22, 1949) is an American author of mystery novels that use the theme of food, an idea she got from Robert B. Parker. Several recipes are included in each book, and each novel title is a play on a food or drink word.
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Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business.

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I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.

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I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books.

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When I make a recipe for the first time and it's fabulous, I know I'm in trouble because I don't know exactly what I did, and I can't... →

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One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.

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Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

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What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories.

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I like cream cheese in just about anything.

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I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'

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In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

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I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

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The main thing I look for in a recipe is taste, which is different from caterers and restaurants, who first ask 'How does it look?'

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When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore.

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