Jose Andres Quotes
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The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.
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When you cook a sausage, the skin sometimes breaks and the ground meat comes apart.
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The great-great-grandfather of my mother was probably using gelatins.
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I eventually settled in Washington, where my partners and I have been fortunate to build a restaurant business that now employs thousands of Americans across the country.
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Standing around the grill is fine, but I like to have my friends come in and out of the house. Movement makes the party more exciting.
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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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My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful region you'll ever see in Europe and the home of Cabrales, a great blue cheese made in the Asturian mountains. When I was young, we moved to Barcelona. Whenever my mother was homesick for Asturias, she'd eat a little piece of Cabrales to bring her closer to Mieres.
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Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.
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As a chef and as a father, I am very upset by what's on the menu at most schools: chicken nuggets and tater tots and ketchup and pizza.
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For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.
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Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.
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Man, the flavor of a pineapple is 100 times more powerful than the flavor of meat.
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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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Romesco with asparagus is simple and brilliant.
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Food is national security. Food is craft. Food is everything, when you think about it.
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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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In Spain, you can go into any tapas bar, and you'll see anchovies all over the menu.
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I don't understand how it's cheaper to buy a whole steak at the Price Club than spinach. How did that happen?
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For me, Romesco is one of the greatest sauces in the world.
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One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.
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The Christmas market at the Barcelona Cathedral sells all kinds of things for your Nativity scene. It will also give you a good idea of Catalan culture.
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We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.
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My family and I cook at home almost every day together. The kitchen is the central and most important room in the house; it's a great way for us to connect. We love going to the farmer's market on Sundays as a family and choosing the ingredients together.
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Let me ask you: Who do you prefer, a clown organizing your menu - with all due respect to Mr. McDonald - or a chef? I do believe it's a very simple answer.