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" As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people. "
Jose Andres
People
Please
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" In America, diner food or roadside barbecue is the best road food, but I am not a fan of eating while driving - too messy. "
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" 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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" If you want to keep your side dishes warmer than room temperature, consider buying a small steam table for the home, with the Sterno cans underneath. "
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" People travel north from Barcelona, not south. "
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" Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our roots, our communities and helps us feed America the proper way. "
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" Puerto Rico is the perfect meeting place between Spain, the country I come from, and America, the country where I now belong. The meeting point of two worlds where magic can happen. "
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" American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America. "
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" Everyting starts to happen at my home at 7 A. M., 7:20, when you hear the orange juicer. That means my daughters are already making the fresh Clementine juice. "
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" The business of feeding people is the most amazing business in the world. "
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" When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me. "
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" Anyone who knows me knows that I have never been shy about how important Ferran Adria has been in my life; he is a friend, a mentor, an inspiration. "
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" The right use of food can end hunger. "
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" Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it's a love of food and drink. "
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" The first time I saw America was from my perch on the mast of a Spanish naval ship, where I could spot the Statue of Liberty reaching proudly into the open, endless American sky. "
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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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" A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it. "
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Alone
Tree
Palm
" Today we take New England clam chowder as something traditional that makes our roots as American cooking very solid, with a lot of foundation. But the first person who decided to mix potatoes and clams and bacon and cream, in his own way 100 to 200 years ago, was a modernist. "
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" I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many. "
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Many
Immigrant
Life
" 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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Love
Things
Very
" I get bored of vacation. "
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Vacation
Bored
Get
" 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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" Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition. "
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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'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. "
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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. "
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Mother
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