Jose Andres Quotes
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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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When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning, you bring the best architects. How it is possible that when we are talking about the way we are going to feed America, no chef shows up in the room?
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The great-great-grandfather of my mother was probably using gelatins.
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We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.
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I think when dishes have a certain amount of acidity, really they are very alive. And I love things that are alive.
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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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Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you cook a sausage, the skin sometimes breaks and the ground meat comes apart.
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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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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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Food is national security. Food is craft. Food is everything, when you think about it.
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Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.
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For me, Romesco is one of the greatest sauces in the world.
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For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.
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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.
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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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We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.
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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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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.