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I actually have a wall at work where we put our favorite fortune cookies...

"Come back later, I'm sleeping (yes, fortune cookies need their sleep too)"

"A crab wonton a day keeps the doctor away" - we have two of those

"42.7 percent of all statics are made up on the spot"

and my personal favorite: "Never smell the inside of a hat"

I love the sound of ice tinkering in a glass, the sound sauce makes as you pour it over a hot stir fry, and the perfect sound of a really sharp knife chopping vegetables on an old wooden chopping block.

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I agree with Livingtoeat: The soft bubbling of a pasta sauce that's been simmering all day.

As Julia put it, the "quiet cooking noises" of a roasting chicken. Also, the squeaky mushrooms in the skillet, as L'Ecole mentioned. And the gurgle and hiss of the coffee maker when the coffee's just about done.

not a cooking sound but the first crunchy bite of a crispy apple... and anything in the kitchenaid b/c anything im making in there is going to be good.

i like the sound of pizza being sliced.

It's not necessarily an exclusive sound in the kitchen, but the gentle *glug glug glug* sound of the first pour from a bottle of wine.

That crackling noise bread makes as it goes from the heat of the oven to the air on the cooling rack. The first time I heard it, I thought it was a fan blowing on some paper.

I'm also fond of that non-sound of the plunger going to the bottom of the press pot.

I'm with Jason Perlow and his "big 'ol cast iron pan."

ANYTHING frying in my cast iron skillets (from the monster to the ribbed steak skillet to the small egg skillet) usually results in fond culinary memories.

The first sizzle in the iron pan, when you slide in your garlic and onions and the oil temperature is juuuuust right...

I love the hollow sound a loaf of bread makes when you tap on it, and I love the scraping sound as I pull baking sheets out of the oven. I also love the soft, plopping boil that occurs when the butternut squash ravioli we get from the farmer's market starts plumping up and rising to the top of the water- that means they're almost ready to take out and eat with plenty of salted butter and a side salad.

Also, I can't deny that the sound of the toaster popping makes my heart jump. What a great question! : )

the "slooshing" sound of slippery linguini al pesto when you jostle it with two big serving spoons (serving claws?)

The heavyish "ploop" sound when my tomato sauce is thickening and developing its flavor, when it is slowly simmering and bubbles bursting to the top . . .