Jose Andres Quotes

The cheapest gadget - and you don't even have to spend a dime - is chopsticks from a Chinese restaurant. I use them for everything: to toss salads, to turn a piece of meat in the pan, to flip croquettes in the Fryolator, to whisk eggs for omelets, to stir eggs into fried rice when I make that for my daughters.

- Jose Andres

Use, Chopsticks, Gadget, Stir

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.

- Jose Andres

My Life, Own, Been, My Own

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.

- Jose Andres

Love, One Thing, Languages, Spain

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.

- Jose Andres

Magic, Country, Happen, Spain

The culture of modern Spain is something many people are still discovering.

- Jose Andres

Modern, Still, Discovering, Spain

Don't skimp on the ice. Bags from the grocery store melt so fast and water down your drinks. I prefer beautiful, big squares for my cocktails.

- Jose Andres

Big, Prefer, Bags, Cocktails

I mix mayonnaise, ketchup and brandy and a little bit of mustard. This is a heck of a good sauce for seafood.

- Jose Andres

Seafood, Sauce, Mayonnaise, Mustard

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.

- Jose Andres

Game, Doing, Baseball Game, Hot Dogs

People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.

- Jose Andres

Country, Bad, Feel, Hot Dogs

In America, diner food or roadside barbecue is the best road food, but I am not a fan of eating while driving - too messy.

- Jose Andres

Best, Roadside, Am, Diner

I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.

- Jose Andres

Innovation, Believe, Authenticity

I believe no chef becomes what he becomes without having many people influence him.

- Jose Andres

Believe, Having, Many, Chef

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

- Jose Andres

Cocktail, Bartender, Made, Chef

I don't understand how it's cheaper to buy a whole steak at the Price Club than spinach. How did that happen?

- Jose Andres

Steak, Happen, Cheaper, Spinach

I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller.

- Jose Andres

Say, Always, Storyteller, Chef

As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.

- Jose Andres

Corn, Fed, Foods, Chef

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.

- Jose Andres

Mountains, Young, Moved, Homesick

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.

- Jose Andres

Cold, Big, Serve, Cuts

I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.

- Jose Andres

Street, Very, Impressed, Singapore

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.

- Jose Andres

Next, Always, Plum, Next Time

Let me ask you: Who do you prefer, a clown organizing your menu - with all due respect to Mr. McDonald - or a chef? I do believe it's a very simple answer.

- Jose Andres

Very, Prefer, Mr, McDonald

Chefs are at the end of a long chain of individuals who work hard to feed people. Farmers, beekeepers, bakers, scientists, fishermen, grocers, we are all part of that chain, all food people, all dedicated to feeding the world.

- Jose Andres

Work Hard, Chain, Dedicated, Fishermen

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

- Jose Andres

Think, Security, Craft, National Security

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.

- Jose Andres

Every Day, Use, Bags, Oranges

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.

- Jose Andres

Small, Want, Side, Cans

When you use a simple gelatin like collagen, you can get flavor that is 100 percent pure, maybe event 150 percent.

- Jose Andres

Like, Maybe, Use, Collagen

I love Ozomatli, this L.A. band that makes great coffee. They are half American, half Mexican, their coffee's great, and they're very good friends.

- Jose Andres

Love, Very, Half, Good Friends

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.

- Jose Andres

Nation, Back, Foods, Bursting

We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.

- Jose Andres

Past, Toward, Involved, Avant-Garde

Most people only use their griddles for pancakes, but you can sear vegetables like sliced zucchini or mushrooms, thinly sliced meats like chicken or pork, or thinly sliced fish or squid.

- Jose Andres

Chicken, Like, Use, Sliced

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.

- Jose Andres

Think, Private, Lives, Claim

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.

- Jose Andres

Big, Upset, Spain, Pan

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.

- Jose Andres

Think, Perfect, Surface, Pan

Pimenton gets its intense flavor because it is dried over wood smoke. You can try hot, sweet or bittersweet, though sweet is probably the most commonly used.

- Jose Andres

Over, Though, Commonly, Dried

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.

- Jose Andres

Ship, Reaching, Endless, Naval

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.

- Jose Andres

Congress, Before, Very, Lent

Recipes are overrated.

- Jose Andres

Recipes, Overrated

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.

- Jose Andres

Book, Want, Very, Encyclopedia

Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.

- Jose Andres

Go, Chips, Potato, Seaweed

My whole life, I have been trying to cook an egg in the right way.

- Jose Andres

Egg, Trying, Been, Right Way

To me, what I'm interested in, in the end, is the meaning of food in our lives.

- Jose Andres

Me, Meaning, Lives, Meaning Of

Dorado Beach's rich history provided amazing inspiration to put forward a bold menu celebrating the legacy of the people and cuisine that shaped this unique destination and to push me to share some of my own stories.

- Jose Andres

Legacy, Some, Provided, Celebrating

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

- Jose Andres

Big, Always, Personally, Big Influence

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.

- Jose Andres

Potatoes, Very, Modernist, Mix

Meat, to me, it's slightly boring. Hold on, I love meat too, but only once in a while. You get a piece of meat, and you put it in your mouth, you chew, the first five seconds, all the juices flow around your mouth, they're gone, and then you are 20 more seconds chewing something that is tasteless at this point.

- Jose Andres

Love, Your, Slightly, Flow

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.

- Jose Andres

Seize, Immigration, More, Businesses

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

- Jose Andres

Me, Started, Markets, Tomatoes

There is nothing better than picking up sun-warmed tomatoes and smelling them, feeling them and scrutinizing their shiny skins for imperfections, dreaming of ways to serve them.

- Jose Andres

Nothing, Dreaming, Them, Tomatoes

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.

- Jose Andres

Color, Perfect, Natural, Tomatoes

IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions.

- Jose Andres

Microsoft, Been, Part, Investing

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base.

- Jose Andres

Love, Tender, Very, Base

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.

- Jose Andres

Big, Away, Becoming, Right Away

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.

- Jose Andres

Lunch, Every Day, Very, Facilities

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

- Jose Andres

Prepared, Level, Best Way, Everyday

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.

- Jose Andres

Happen, Making, Means, Fresh

My family and I cook at home almost every day together. The kitchen is the central and most important room in the house; it's a great way for us to connect. We love going to the farmer's market on Sundays as a family and choosing the ingredients together.

- Jose Andres

Love, Great Way, Almost, Kitchen

In 2010, I created World Central Kitchen as a way to try and help find solutions to many of the food issues we face.

- Jose Andres

Solutions, Created, Many, Kitchen

Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen?

- Jose Andres

Walls, More, Needs, Kitchen

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

- Jose Andres

Haiti, Hit, Islands, Vacation

I get bored of vacation.

- Jose Andres

Bored, Get, Vacation

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.

- Jose Andres

Sometimes, Year, Bottles, Supermarket

If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone's spirits, put a smile on their face - the worst thing that happens is I go broke!

- Jose Andres

Go, Broke, Worst Thing, Lift

I don't know any group of professionals that mobilize as fast and as often as chefs do when there are people who are in need.

- Jose Andres

Need, Often, Professionals, Group

Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.

- Jose Andres

Political, Part, Include, Platforms

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.

- Jose Andres

Business, Country, Been, Restaurant Business

Romesco with asparagus is simple and brilliant.

- Jose Andres

Simple, Brilliant, Asparagus

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

- Jose Andres

Love, Change, Recipes, Change The World

Good things, you can't rush into them.

- Jose Andres

Good, Things, Them, Good Things

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

- Jose Andres

Sometimes, Cook, Breaks, Apart

Simple ingredients, treated with respect... put them together and you will always have a great dish.

- Jose Andres

Will, Always, Treated, Ingredients

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

- Jose Andres

Doubt, Think, I Think, Ingredients

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

- Jose Andres

Help, Involved, Too, Ingredients

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

- Jose Andres

Chicken, More, I Believe The, Sexier

Sometimes you need to give dishes a nap.

- Jose Andres

Give, Sometimes, Need, Nap

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

- Jose Andres

People, Cook, Please, Nourish

I love going to Rodeo Drive with my wife.

- Jose Andres

Love, Going, I Love, Rodeo

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

- Jose Andres

Amazing, Most, Ever, Invented

People travel north from Barcelona, not south.

- Jose Andres

Travel, South, North, Barcelona

The Christmas market at the Barcelona Cathedral sells all kinds of things for your Nativity scene. It will also give you a good idea of Catalan culture.

- Jose Andres

Give, Will, Sells, Barcelona

If you ask me about Napoleon, I'll tell you about his relationship with sugar. And canning - thanks to Napoleon, we have canning.

- Jose Andres

Tell, About, Napoleon, Sugar

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.

- Jose Andres

Kid, Will, We Cannot, Craves

For me, there is no better tapa than a really good stuffed olive.

- Jose Andres

Me, Better, Than, Olive

Anchovies pair really well with fruit like a nectarines or clementine. The fruit complements the sweetness and saltiness of the anchovy.

- Jose Andres

Fruit, Well, Like, Sweetness

We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.

- Jose Andres

Grow, Like, Still, Betting

Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world.

- Jose Andres

World, Old, Explain, Cookbooks

When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes.

- Jose Andres

Changes, American, Give, Accent

Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.

- Jose Andres

Me, Center, Dish, Vegetable

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?

- Jose Andres

Best, Bring, About, Experts

As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.

- Jose Andres

Better, Most, Than, Immigrants

As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.

- Jose Andres

Recipes, Like, Projects, Organizations

All my life, I've had restaurants that were affordable.

- Jose Andres

My Life, Affordable, Were, All My Life

In Hong Kong, 'wonton' means swallowing a cloud.

- Jose Andres

Cloud, Hong Kong, Means, Kong

Iberico de Bellota is best when cooked medium rare with a nice, pink center to allow the delicious acorn-infused flavor to come through.

- Jose Andres

Pink, Through, Allow, Flavor

Dragon fruit is very subtle, very delicate. So you want to be careful not to kill it with things that have very strong flavor.

- Jose Andres

Be Careful, Delicate, Very, Flavor

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

- Jose Andres

Powerful, More, Times, Flavor

Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back to school.

- Jose Andres

Back, Like, Many, Parents

I remember being a young boy in Spain and watching my parents cook. We didn't go to a lot of restaurants because we didn't always have the money, so cooking at home was just what we did.

- Jose Andres

I Remember, Always, Spain, Restaurants

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.

- Jose Andres

Give, Which, Auditorium, Restaurants

I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.

- Jose Andres

Work, Like, Soundtrack, Restaurants

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

- Jose Andres

My Life, Lucky, Immigrant, Compared

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

- Jose Andres

Weird, Upset, Very, Adding

I prefer natural hardwood lump charcoal - the other stuff makes your food taste like Goodyear tires.

- Jose Andres

Natural, Other, Prefer, Lump

I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.

- Jose Andres

Think, Test, I Think, Meeting

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.

- Jose Andres

Young, Student, Very, Young Age

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.

- Jose Andres

Memory, Other, Very, Evoke

I guess that from the moment we are fed by our mothers, without even knowing it, we are caught in a net that brings us comfort, something we always feel when a special woman cooks for us. It is something unique and personal - it is something we want to keep for ourselves.

- Jose Andres

Woman, Caught, Fed, Net

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

- Jose Andres

Some, Feed, Cauliflower, Beans

Roberto Donna is a great Italian chef.

- Jose Andres

Great, Chef, Italian, Roberto

I love cooking for the sake of understanding how people before me used to feed themselves, used to feed their families.

- Jose Andres

Love, Used, Before, Sake

Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation.

- Jose Andres

Environmental, Grow, Major, Degradation

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

- Jose Andres

See, Over, Spain, Bar

The right use of food can end hunger.

- Jose Andres

End, Right, Use, Hunger

American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America.

- Jose Andres

Cooking, American, Cuisines, Unknown

To feed a nation is never easy!

- Jose Andres

Never, Nation, Easy, Feed

I don't believe in traditional company structures because the best ideas do not always come from the top.

- Jose Andres

Best, Ideas, Always, Structures

I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.

- Jose Andres

Will, Next, Always, Horizon

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

- Jose Andres

Always, Like, Anyone, Moving

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.

- Jose Andres

More, Like, Makes, Grill

I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish, chicken. But at the end of the month - because my father would be waiting for paycheck - the refrigerator would get empty. I remember that without a lot of food left, some of the best meals happened right there.

- Jose Andres

Prepare, I Remember, Some, Paycheck

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

- Jose Andres

Amazing, World, Most, Feeding

For food to be romantic, it should be light. Too many times people plan a romantic meal, and the food is too heavy.

- Jose Andres

Meal, Times, Times People, Heavy

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

- Jose Andres

World, Still, Everyone Else, Thinks

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

- Jose Andres

Amazing, Always, Motivated, Daughters

Chef Michel Richard is always at the top of his game.

- Jose Andres

Game, Always, Richard, Chef

Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.

- Jose Andres

Grow, Star, Rock Star, Chef

As a chef and as a father, I am very upset by what's on the menu at most schools: chicken nuggets and tater tots and ketchup and pizza.

- Jose Andres

Chicken, Upset, Very, Chef

I cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food of the United States of America.

- Jose Andres

Wait, Will, United States, Chef

Behind Chipotle is not a corporation; behind Chipotle is a man that is one of the great cooks, that created a great concept.

- Jose Andres

Corporation, Behind, Created, Cooks

The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow.

- Jose Andres

Yesterday, Will, Modernity, Tradition

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

- Jose Andres

World, Closing, Better, Poverty

I think when dishes have a certain amount of acidity, really they are very alive. And I love things that are alive.

- Jose Andres

Love, Think, Very, Dishes

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.

- Jose Andres

Been, Spain, Spanish, Washington

In this game of politics, it's always kind of blame.

- Jose Andres

Politics, Game, Always, Blame

I want e by Jose Andres to be a discovery, to be a journey. I want people to find it and be astonished.

- Jose Andres

Journey, Discovery, Find, Astonished

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.

- Jose Andres

Process, Other, Package, Recognize

Italians allow anything in their cooking.

- Jose Andres

Cooking, Anything, Allow, Italians

A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it.

- Jose Andres

Alone, Lot, Prefer, Tree

It is time to embrace and celebrate ketchup, not be ashamed of it.

- Jose Andres

Celebrate, Embrace, Ashamed, Ketchup

Gelatins are one of most unbelievable areas in cooking today.

- Jose Andres

Today, Cooking, Most, Unbelievable

I'm sorry for the ducks; I love foie gras.

- Jose Andres

Love, I Love, Ducks, Sorry

Music is always on. Not at work. But at home, everything always has to have a soundtrack.

- Jose Andres

Work, Music, Always, Soundtrack

The history of cooking is my passion, and cooking is my passion.

- Jose Andres

History, The History Of, Cooking

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.

- Jose Andres

My Life, Mentor, Been, Inspiration

I'm very happy with how Jaleo in Las Vegas came together.

- Jose Andres

Vegas, How, Very, Las Vegas

Vegas is a celebration.

- Jose Andres

Celebration, Vegas

Tapas is a celebration of life.

- Jose Andres

Life, Celebration

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

- Jose Andres

Mother, Using

One day, we'll have 10, 20 or 50 Jaleos around America or around the world.

- Jose Andres

Day, World, Around, One Day

Eating has to be fun.

- Jose Andres

Fun, Eating

Education is everything. It's for everyone. We all need to be educated.

- Jose Andres

Education, Need, Everyone, Educated

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