Christina Tosi Quotes

I need healthy options around, or else if I get hungry, I'll go straight for a cookie.
I never saw the light of day at Bouley. I remember I would bring home a roll of toilet paper a week because we got paid so little, if at all.
I originally went to school for engineering because I loved math and thought I liked science.
I really didn't have a big relationship with Vegas until I was in my 20s, and now I probably come out four or five times a year. I love it.
I think a lot of people think being in the kitchen is being really serious, and especially that baking is very serious, very straitlaced. For me, it's about figuring out your voice, finding your personality, and getting in the kitchen to explore.
I think my biggest heartbreak was when I just couldn't get an American cheese cake/pie with a saltine cracker crust and green tomato sorbet to work out in my favor.
I think sharing recipes is such an important part of baking and the baking world.
I think the cereal milk is my most proud achievement.
I took a Chinatown bus to New York to enroll in the International Culinary Center's pastry program.
I used to exist on just two or three hours of sleep, no problem, like sleep wasn't even a thought. Sleep was just like a chore that you had to do late at night.
I was always taught to be myself, be honest, and be true to my roots.
I was an infamously picky eater as a child but also had an infamous sweet tooth. All I wanted was dessert for every meal of the day.
I was raised by a gaggle of women who all loved to bake. Dessert always existed after any savory meal. I was raised with cookies on the plate, brownies in a Tupperware container, and so on.
I was raised by my Depression-era grandma who taught me to use what you've got: Waste not, want not!
I went to college, and I didn't want to be in a sorority, so I started working in restaurants. In my mind, that was my social outlet.
I went to culinary school to eat.
I worked in a bunch of really tough kitchens, but when I got yelled at and screamed at, it wasn't really for being a woman. It was just for making a bonehead mistake.
I'm a fan of the hand-me-down recipes - friends, family, bake sales, community cookbooks - those are the recipes that have withstood the test of time and fed many hungry fans.
I'm not a normal person with normal tastebuds, so I'll save you all from cringing/dissing on my late night flavour pairings, but I will say when I was a kid, with little to no access to anything but my mother's pantry, I'd dip everything in ranch dressing, Miracle Whip, katsup, barbecue sauce, honey, mustard, etc.
If you're coming to dinner at our house, you know you're gonna be well-fed.
«first‹previous12345next›last»
Total Records : 99

Related Books

Author Profile

Votes :
Rating :
AuthorName
Christina Tosi
Profession
Chef
View Profile

Share to your friends..

Related Author

Aaron Sanchez Alex Guarnaschelli Alice Foote MacDougall Alice Waters Anne Burrell Barton Seaver Bobby Flay Buddy Valastro Carla Hall Cat Cora Christina Tosi Curtis Stone Damaris Phillips Dan Barber David Chang Duff Goldman Eddie Huang Emeril Lagasse Geoffrey Zakarian Giada De Laurentiis
view more

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive