Sayings about Kitchens
Pick your wife in the kitchen. ~ Japanese Proverbs
The goose goes so often into the kitchen till at last she sticks to the spit. ~ Danish Proverbs
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle. ~ Korean Proverbs
The torch of love is lit in the kitchen. ~ French Proverb
A greasy kitchen; a will with not much in it. ~ Icelandic Proverb
The kitchen is older than the mosque. ~ Bambara Proverb
All that’s said in the kitchen should not be told in the hall. ~ Scottish Proverbs
A daily guest is a thief in the kitchen. ~ Spanish Proverbs
A refined kitchen leads to the pharmacy. ~ German Proverbs
It is in an old kitchen that the best food is made. ~ French Proverb
The Germans in the stable, the Czech in the kitchen and the French in bed. ~ Czech Proverb
When the kitchenmaids are together the roast burns. ~ French Proverb
A rotten fish pollutes the whole kitchen. ~ Senegalese Proverb
Nothing improves the taste of pasta more than a good appetite. ~ Italian Proverb
The flour tastes bitter to the mouse who has had enough. ~ Slovak Proverb
He who has not tasted bitter things, knows not what sweet is. ~ German Proverb
Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times — in water, in butter and in wine. ~ Polish Proverb
Where love sets the table food tastes at its best. ~ French Proverb
Food tastes best when you eat it with your own spoon. ~ Danish Proverb
Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet. ~ German Proverb
Good medicine often has a bitter taste. ~ Japanese Proverb
Even honey can taste bitter if it’s used as medicine. ~ Korean Proverb
Hunger drives good taste away. ~ Indian Proverbs
Everything tastes bitter to him with gall in his mouth. ~ Russian Proverb
All cassavahs have the same skins but not all taste the same. ~ Kenyan Proverb
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~ Welsh Proverb
Even a sugar mother-in-law tastes bitter. ~ Spanish Proverb
Scratch an old woman’s back and she will let you taste her pepper pot. ~ Jamaican Proverb
An onion shared with a friend tastes like roast lamb. ~ Egyptian Proverb
The taste of cold water after drinking, is a pleasure that the teetotaler will never know. ~ Japanese Proverb
Can the monkey know the taste of ginger? ~ Hindu Proverb
Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes it. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes bitter. ~ Catalonian Proverb
All rotten fish taste the same. ~ Chinese Proverb
Quotations about Kitchens
A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it’s not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen. ~ Joyce Maynard
A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen. ~ Masaharu Morimoto
Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. ~ Joel Salatin
If you look at the statistics, people spend most of their time in the kitchen. Aside from the backyard, it’s one of my favorite places to renovate. ~ Vanilla Ice
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. ~ Harry S Truman
Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food. ~ Andrew Weil
Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. ~ Rachael Ray
Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don’t need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you’re set. ~ Curtis Stone
If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe. ~ Hanna Rosin
There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family. ~ Gordon Ramsay
The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. ~ Mario Batali
Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you’re not really teaching them anything. ~ Emeril Lagasse
The kitchen’s a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It’s biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there’s history. Yes, there’s artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science. ~ Alton Brown
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness. ~ Stephen Fry
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. ~ Samuel Johnson
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good. ~ Joe Paterno
I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn’t. ~ Gerard Depardieu
The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history. ~ Debi Mazar