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" Food is national security. Food is craft. Food is everything, when you think about it. "

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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. "

" 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? "

" I love to talk about cooking and recipes, but I love as much talking about how food and cooking can change the world. "

" The great-great-grandfather of my mother was probably using gelatins. "

" To feed a nation is never easy! "

" I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that. "

" 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. "

" Anyone who knows me knows that I always like to keep moving. "

" Without a doubt, one of my favorite American ingredients is blue crabs, a true delicacy! And a great value, I think. "

" Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup. "

" 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. "

" Everyone should wake up and have a fresh-squeezed orange every day. By having a fresh glass of orange juice with American oranges, you are supporting the local economy, you have all the vitamin C you need in a day, and you support the environment because you don't use any plastic from bottles or bags. "

" I get bored of vacation. "

" Our brain, our body, craves fat. We cannot help it. That's why a kid will eat a hot dog quicker than a piece of broccoli. "

" For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" In Spain, you can go into any tapas bar, and you'll see anchovies all over the menu. "

" Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special. "

" As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize. "

" I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C. "

" 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. "

" I get very upset when people start adding weird things to romesco. "

" With their bright color and fantastic balance of acidity and sweetness, tomatoes are a natural refresher and the perfect element for meals on warm and sultry days. "

" A plancha is just a hot flat surface. So if you think about it, anything is a plancha, like a saute pan or a griddle. A la plancha is the perfect way to cook for a crowd. "

" When you cook a sausage, the skin sometimes breaks and the ground meat comes apart. "

" The business of feeding people is the most amazing business in the world. "

" I believe the future is vegetables and fruits. They are so much more sexier than a piece of chicken. "

" Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man. "