Thursday Thirteen #7 - 13 Quotes From My Culinary Idols

By Jerry • Jun 13th, 2007 • Category: Blog Events
Thirteen Quotes From My Culinary Idols

  1. Never use water unless you have to! I’m going to use vermouth!
    Julia Child
  2. The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it’s ruined.
    Martin Yan
  3. Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
    Julia Child
  4. So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won’t have the patience to pick them out.
    Martin Yan
  5. Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.
    Alton Brown
  6. In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
    Martin Yan
  7. In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.
    Julia Child
  8. Although I don’t take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
    Alton Brown
  9. Life itself is the proper binge.
    Julia Child
  10. Omit and substitute! That’s how recipes should be written. Please don’t ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget that you can omit and substitute.
    Jeff Smith
  11. Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!
    Jeff Smith
  12. You know it’s a good recipe if it starts with a stick of butter.
    Paula Deen
  13. I love bell peppers. Bell peppers don’t love me
    My Mom, Rest her soul, my greatest culinary idol

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Jerry is the epitome of cooking without a plan. As a matter of fact, he secretly wishes he could participate in an Iron Chef America episode, simply because it is one place where he wouldn't feel at all out of place. Not knowing the ingredients beforehand doesn't make him nervous at all. Of course, the reality is that he'd probably lose and look entirely foolish, but hey, it would still be fun!
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18 Responses »

  1. Gabrielle on June 13th, 2007 at 4:11 pm:

    LOL @ no.11. I’m a Chinese that doesn’t like veggie. Hehe. My list is up on my meme blog. Happy Thursday! :)

  2. amy on June 13th, 2007 at 5:15 pm:

    Fun list..Love the Paula Dean quote

  3. dew on June 13th, 2007 at 5:25 pm:

    Oh my god, I LOVE Julia Child! Next week I hope you have an ALL JULIA quotefest.

  4. Pussreboots on June 13th, 2007 at 5:36 pm:

    Fantastic list. Most of my cooking is “omit and substitute.” LOL! Thanks for stopping by my TT. :D

  5. Crimson Wife on June 13th, 2007 at 5:44 pm:

    Love #12! Thanks for sharing :-)

  6. Mark Caldwell on June 13th, 2007 at 6:52 pm:

    Great list particularly #1 and #11 :-)

  7. mama kelly on June 13th, 2007 at 7:07 pm:

    What a great list …. I love Alton Brown but my favorite quote on your list is #12 by Paula Dean

    Mama Kelly

  8. Lene on June 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm:

    hehe love those! As a mom of a nonveggie eating preschooler - I love Martin Yan’s quote! Happy TT

  9. Cordia Amant on June 13th, 2007 at 7:56 pm:

    Life is binging…Ah, Julia. You kill me.

  10. Susan Helene Gottfried on June 13th, 2007 at 8:06 pm:

    Between Alton, Julia, and Martin Yan, you could cull another 13 that would still be totally true, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny.

    Awesome list.

  11. tommiea on June 13th, 2007 at 8:07 pm:

    Great quotes….though the one from Paula needs its approriate Southern twang….butta

  12. Jenny on June 13th, 2007 at 8:51 pm:

    I liked the vermouth and butter quote the best. And your mother was right about bell peppers. I have got to stop by here more often for some recipe ideas, I am a bore in the kitchen.

    True story, my dad fixed Julia’s stove and he asked her if she ever saw the Saturday night live skit about her. That’s my dad for you, anyway she had seen the skit. I forget if she thought it was funny, will have to ask him that.

  13. sandi @ the whistlestop cafe on June 13th, 2007 at 9:34 pm:

    I am comment #13… I should win a prize or something.
    Paula Dean is a good southern momma who knows what she is talking about, I’m afraid I’d look more like Big Momma if I really ate like that.
    Great list!!
    Where’s my prize?

  14. Michelle M Pillow on June 13th, 2007 at 9:42 pm:

    Great list. The book I am currently working on has the heroine who is a chef! :)

  15. Raven Paranormal Blog on June 13th, 2007 at 9:43 pm:

    Wonderful list!

  16. Janet on June 13th, 2007 at 10:42 pm:

    I love Julia! Great quotes, especially the Jeff Smith one :-)

  17. Chris on June 14th, 2007 at 1:39 pm:

    Great list! I loved #s 1 & 12! Happy TT, mine is up at http://emeraldcityguy.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/thursday-13-4-things-i-hate/

  18. Vickie on June 14th, 2007 at 4:47 pm:

    Hi Jerry! Thanks for making me your friend. I love your blog. Your photos are great.

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