A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.
Grant Achatz
It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure... →
Maya Angelou
I don't copy recipes without trying them out. I don't reprint without trying them again.
Elizabeth David
I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books.
Diane Mott Davidson
I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.
Jeremy Jackson
Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.
Thomas Keller
I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
Emeril Lagasse
I can't stand recipes that don't have background.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Recipes can be incredibly vague where chillies are concerned.
I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.
Paul Prudhomme