Bobby Flay quotes - page 2

A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently. (Bobby Flay)
My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space. View quote
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If my daughter wants to get into this business, I would support that decision. She's going to have a hard time not being in it. She loves food and she's around it all the time. View quote
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The first time I was cooking for my wife, Stephanie, way before she was my wife, I actually put three chickens on the rotisserie and I closed the grill, which is really a bad idea. But I just wasn't thinking very straight that day. And I looked outside and I saw, like, smoke and flames. View quote
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I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, "I have a really great idea for a restaurant." View quote
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Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded. View quote
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I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family. View quote
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Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer. View quote
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Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant. View quote
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Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve. View quote
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Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using. (Bobby Flay)
It is very important that when you put something on the grill, you leave it in place to cook. If you move it around too quickly, chances are it is going to stick. View quote
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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever. View quote
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You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure. View quote
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It's important to have balance in your life between work and play. View quote
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One thing you don't want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients. View quote
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When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette. View quote
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I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays. View quote
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Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes. View quote
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I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize. View quote
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I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later. (Bobby Flay)
'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants. View quote
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Most of the time, I grill over high heat. I like things to move fast. I like the sound and smell of a very hot fire. I gravitate towards dishes that you can get on and off the grill as quickly as possible. After a while, you'll know without thinking about it how hot the fire is. View quote
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I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period. View quote
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For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food. View quote
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