Andrew Zimmern Quotes
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In the frequently-asked-question category, the question I get asked almost as much as 'What's the worst thing you've ever eaten?' is 'What's the best pair of pants to travel in, work in, trek in, and use on the road for the most activities possible?'
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I don't like being at food festivals and have someone from some weird cable access show that's all about lifestyle get in my face with a microphone and wants to know which party I'm going to later... That just is pointless kind of stuff to me.
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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 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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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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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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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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You can tell the history of people on a plate.
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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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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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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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Copper is a superb cooking metal, conducting heat so evenly it has unparalleled control, especially at low temperatures.
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My mom was as brilliant a cook as my dad is.
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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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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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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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When I was 13, I came back from summer camp - summer of '74 - and my mother had had an accident during surgery and was in an oxygen tent in a coma. It was so traumatic. My parents had been divorced for six or seven years at that point, and it was sort of the seminal event of my life.
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My parents divorced when I was six but stayed close.