Jose Andres Quotes
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I believe the future is vegetables and fruits. They are so much more sexier than a piece of chicken.
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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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Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.
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America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium when I give a speech, which in America is rare for a chef.
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I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.
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Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.
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When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes.
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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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If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone's spirits, put a smile on their face - the worst thing that happens is I go broke!
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I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.
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Dragon fruit is very subtle, very delicate. So you want to be careful not to kill it with things that have very strong flavor.
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When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I was on vacation in the Cayman Islands.
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I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish, chicken. But at the end of the month - because my father would be waiting for paycheck - the refrigerator would get empty. I remember that without a lot of food left, some of the best meals happened right there.
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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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Meat, to me, it's slightly boring. Hold on, I love meat too, but only once in a while. You get a piece of meat, and you put it in your mouth, you chew, the first five seconds, all the juices flow around your mouth, they're gone, and then you are 20 more seconds chewing something that is tasteless at this point.
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The federal government spends about $2.51 per child per day to feed them lunch. Out of that, you have to pay for labor, facilities, and administrative costs, leaving about a dollar for food. Imagine trying to feed yourself a nutritious meal every day with only a dollar. Very difficult.
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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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I have an amazing wife and three daughters that always keep me motivated.
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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 cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food of the United States of America.
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I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller.
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I don't believe in traditional company structures because the best ideas do not always come from the top.
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As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.