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Famous quotes containing the word cook:

    “‘Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
    And the mate of the Nancybrig,
    And a bos’sun tight, and a midshipmite,
    And the crew of the captain’s gig!”’”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Even the cleverest housewife can’t cook without rice.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)