Andrew Zimmern Quotes
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I love the Minnesota State Fair, and I go with my family every August for nearly all 12 days.
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I love bugs. And as the first person to popularize their eating in America, I take special pride in seeing their appreciation soar.
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I lost an apartment. l became homeless for 11 months and squatted in a building on Sullivan Street in lower Manhattan.
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Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.
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The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.
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As a teenager, I spent my days at the beach and nights cooking in Long Island restaurants.
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Some of the oddest foods I've encountered are 'American' foods represented internationally.
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I will tell you flat out that I continually find Yelp and products like it to be increasingly worthless to me as a consumer.
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I think we have cultural bias and practice some ethnocentrism when it comes to ethnic food in America.
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Everyone knows about hot dogs and the Big Apple. But for me, New York City street food is all about the Biryani Cart.
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After attending The Dalton School and then Vassar College, I began cooking in New York City restaurants helmed by Anne Rosenzweig, Joachim Splichal and Thomas Keller.
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Copper is a superb cooking metal, conducting heat so evenly it has unparalleled control, especially at low temperatures.
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I use vinegars to deglaze saute pans for sublime sauces.
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My life gets better every year.
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I have a tremendous platform and responsibility to talk to people about these issues about sustainability and about health and wellness when it comes to food.
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Too many Americans are getting sick on our over-commercialized food system.
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You can tell the history of people on a plate.
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If you're not out testing what's complementary to your brand, you're not making the most of your income potential.
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There's fresh fish, and then there's fresh fish. Samoa is ranked as one of the best places for game fishing in all the world, and runs thick in the waters off the island chain. In fact, it's used as an edible currency in local markets. The day I fished there, we caught loads of yellowfin.
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I am grateful to have my life back and for the friends and family who never gave up on me, for a God who was there when I was ready to find him. I am grateful for so much, that every day, one day at a time, is Thanksgiving.
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My mom was as brilliant a cook as my dad is.
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Yelp is - I mean, Yelp's not even good for looking up the restaurant's phone number because, you know, on the site, they just want you to read their reviews and look at their ads. They don't even actually want to give you the information about the restaurant or the menu.
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A well-seasoned and properly cleaned wok will always have micro-pores in the metal that hold some oil or food particulate, etc. - that's a good thing.
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Like many other chef-entrepreneurs, I am convinced that fast food does not mean bad food.