Grant Achatz quotes

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art. (Grant Achatz)
It's not really the life of cooking that's hard - it's what you make of it and what level you push yourself to. View quote
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I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist. View quote
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Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one. View quote
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Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food. View quote
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My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side. View quote
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If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions. View quote
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To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee. View quote
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We all eat two to six times a day. Why? Because we are supposed to, we are programmed to, we want to. View quote
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The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea. View quote
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Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked. (Grant Achatz)
Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way. View quote
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The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind. View quote
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A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing. View quote
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My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. It's very modest but there's tons of counter space, so you can slap down three or four cutting boards. View quote
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I wish that food trucks could exist here in Chicago like they do in Brooklyn and in New York, where you're actually cooking off the truck. View quote
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What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea. View quote
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In a lot of ways, a lot of smells that aren't necessarily edible smell good, and they remind you of certain aspects of food. So making those associations with what smells good or smells a certain way and pairing that with actual edible ingredients is one avenue that we take creatively. View quote
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I hate stuff in my pockets, can't stand it. I'll carry stuff in my hands rather than put it in my pockets. View quote
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