Marcel Boulestin Professions : Chef Born : 1878 Died : 1943 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Marcel Boulestin Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements. Marcel Boulestin home-cooking food art The pleasure of eating something because it is expensive has absolutely nothing to do with the taste of good cuisine. Marcel Boulestin cuisine taste eating Peace and happiness, begin, geographically, where garlic is used in cooking. Marcel Boulestin garlic used cooking A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament. Marcel Boulestin artistic good-woman cooking Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities. Marcel Boulestin quality cooking food Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. Marcel Boulestin cookery chemistry art Do not be afraid of simplicity. If you have a cold chicken for supper, why cover it with a tasteless white sauce which makes it look like a pretentious dish on the buffet table at some fance dress ball? Marcel Boulestin simplicity white food Similar Authors Bryant Terry chef Alice Waters chef Auguste Escoffier chef Art Smith chef April Bloomfield chef Anthony Bourdain chef All Authors