“ Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. Anthony Bourdain
“ I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytrap… Chris Pratt
“ Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime. Old garlic, burnt garlic, garlic cut too long ago and garlic that has been tragically… Anthony Bourdain
“ To want to own a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction. What causes such a destructive urge in so many otherwise sensible people? Why would anyone who has worked hard, saved money, often… Anthony Bourdain
“ We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie. Amah Lambert
“ If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. Gordon Ramsay
“ I learned so much from 'Iron Chef' about ingredients, about the courage to put yourself out there. Alex Guarnaschelli
“ You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edg… Tom Colicchio
“ A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. Charlie Trotter
“ The type of cuisine I do, especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years, is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco, Spain, I… Cat Cora
“ While Nicole drove off in search of recipes for fish hash, clam fritters, and salmon quiche, Charlotte settled in the Chowder House with Dorey Jewett, who, well beyond the assortment of chowders she a… Barbara Delinsky
“ Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot. Yotam Ottolenghi
“ I'll be right here. Until they drag me off the line. I'm not going anywhere. I hope. It's been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn't… Anthony Bourdain
“ They say never trust a skinny chef, but the fact is, to stay healthy when you're a chef means you have to work twice as hard. Marcus Samuelsson
“ 'Chef' is a dish of arroz con pollo served with a smile but not much style. The critic in the film would give it a low grade, for agreeability without ambition. Richard Corliss
“ Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef. Nathan Myhrvold
