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" A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef. "

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" Let me tell you a story about when I was growing up in Spain. Many Sundays, we would invite 30, 40, 50 people to the countryside, and my father would make a big paella. He put me in charge of the fire and the 'stove' - the rocks that hold the pan. But he wouldn't let me cook. I got so unbelievably upset. "

" 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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" I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques and improving beyond my own knowledge because there is always something new to learn and new horizons to discover. "

" 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. "

" Man, the flavor of a pineapple is 100 times more powerful than the flavor of meat. "

" I have an amazing wife and three daughters that always keep me motivated. "

" Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help. "

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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. "

" Italians allow anything in their cooking. "

" Women's cooking has always had a big influence on me personally. "

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" When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I was on vacation in the Cayman Islands. "

" Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way - that's the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level. "

" 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. "

" American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America. "

" I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many. "

" If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an entire family. "

" In Spain, we mainly use red plum tomatoes, but it is always fun to experiment. Try using a mix of colors or substitute green tomatoes for plum next time you make a tomato dish. "

" 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. "

" After a year, the aromatics in an olive oil are gone. Sometimes the bottles on the shelf in the supermarket are there a lot longer than you are. "

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" I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience. "