Jose Andres Quotes
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I remember being a young boy in Spain and watching my parents cook. We didn't go to a lot of restaurants because we didn't always have the money, so cooking at home was just what we did.
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One day, we'll have 10, 20 or 50 Jaleos around America or around the world.
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Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup.
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I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience.
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For food to be romantic, it should be light. Too many times people plan a romantic meal, and the food is too heavy.
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I love to talk about cooking and recipes, but I love as much talking about how food and cooking can change the world.
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I don't know any group of professionals that mobilize as fast and as often as chefs do when there are people who are in need.
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Vegas is a celebration.
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As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.
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Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen?
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Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help.
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I believe no chef becomes what he becomes without having many people influence him.
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For me, Romesco is one of the greatest sauces in the world.
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IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions.
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Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our roots, our communities and helps us feed America the proper way.
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People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.
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I love cooking for the sake of understanding how people before me used to feed themselves, used to feed their families.
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Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.
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When you use a simple gelatin like collagen, you can get flavor that is 100 percent pure, maybe event 150 percent.
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Dorado Beach's rich history provided amazing inspiration to put forward a bold menu celebrating the legacy of the people and cuisine that shaped this unique destination and to push me to share some of my own stories.
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Italians allow anything in their cooking.
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Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it's a love of food and drink.
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The right use of food can end hunger.
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When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.