Ted Allen quotes

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me. (Ted Allen)
My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it. View quote
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I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it. View quote
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal. View quote
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You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame. View quote
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For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes. View quote
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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party. View quote
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I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy. View quote
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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information. View quote
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets. View quote
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In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult. (Ted Allen)
However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about. View quote
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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are. View quote
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I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world. View quote
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles. View quote
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Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period. View quote
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen. View quote
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It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef. View quote
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What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff. View quote
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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show. View quote
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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special. (Ted Allen)
I am much more interested in the process than results. View quote
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day. View quote
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that. View quote
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My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things. View quote
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