882 private quotes tagged food

“We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten.” — Tom Colicchio

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“You can buy a box of low-fat macaroni and cheese made with powdered nonsense. I'm not worried if I'm using four different cheeses and it's high in fat. It's real food. That's what's more important.” — Tom Colicchio

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“As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue.” — Tom Colicchio

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“Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.” — Paul Prudhomme

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“In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.” — Tom Colicchio

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“Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.” — Tom Colicchio

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“There's the issue of hunger, and there's an issue of if you're going to cut out food programs. We should be focusing on healthy food. Right now, fruits and vegetables are very expensive. So what can we do on the policy side to bring the cost of fruits and vegetables down?” — Tom Colicchio

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“Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that's usually working in Asian food.” — Tom Colicchio

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“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.” — Paul Prudhomme

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“You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.” — Tom Colicchio

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“Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.” — Jack Adams

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“I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.” — Tom Colicchio

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“Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y', so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet disruptive innovations usually don't have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn't.” — Eric Ries

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“We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.” — Tom Colicchio

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“I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.” — Heston Blumenthal

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“You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.” — Amber Heard

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“There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.” — Tom Colicchio

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“But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability.” — Kevin Rudd

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“I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.” — Gail Simmons

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“Patience is the secret to good food.” — Gail Simmons

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“But it's really hard to eat good when you're traveling because you see fast food and you want to go to this restaurant and that restaurant.” — Nicole Polizzi

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“I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show and they want to try stuff. The show is entertainment, but I think it has done so much for the public perception of what food can be.” — Tom Colicchio

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“Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.” — Beth Anderson

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“The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.” — Gail Simmons

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“In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.” — Jet Li

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