Adriano Zumbo
Adriano Zumbo

So my brain started ticking and I bought all my books from a cookbook shop, Libraire Gourmand in Paris. I bought them over the Internet and they sent them from France. I got the 'Larousse' in a box with 20 other books. I was pretty excited. It was like Christmas for 20 years.

Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Harriott

Every cookbook can be a bit patronising.

Al Roker
Al Roker

For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span, so to open a cookbook and see a recipe that goes on for three to four pages, well, I've lost interest.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

I love 'The Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook' by Dione Lucas. A huge source of information and inspiration. The book is organized by menu, and the recipes are unusual and exciting.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

I didn't want to write a cheffy cookbook with dehydrated ham chips.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

Don't be so hard on yourself. Make something simple a few times until you 'master' it and move on to the next thing. Take a cooking class! Buy a cookbook that specializes in foods or a cuisine you enjoy.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

I've always been a great collector and lover of cookbooks.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

Once you make a cookbook, you live with it as your own for the rest of your life, like a yearbook.

Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone

One of the things that often frustrates me with cookbooks is that there are one or two recipes that are really good and the rest of them are not so great.

Alton Brown
Alton Brown

'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows.