Ted Allen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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.”
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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.”
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“Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness...”
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“People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.”
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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.”
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“The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.”
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“What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.”
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“When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.”
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“Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.”
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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.”
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“I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.”
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“I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.”
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“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.”
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“Buying stock is exactly the same thing as going to a casino, only with no cocktail service.”
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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.”
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“I'm really trying to respond to the foods that are in the stores and just pulling the things that are the very best and cook what looks beautiful and is seasonal. That's the way to go. I love going to the grocery store and the market. None of it's drudgery for me. Washing dishes is the drudgery.”
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“Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that's not about the joy of food. That's survival.”
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“The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.”
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“Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.”
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“Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.”
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“If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.”
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“I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.”
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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.”
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“I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody poured a white dessert wine with chocolate cake. It was a wine I would never have expected to make sense. The idea of any wine tasting fabulous with chocolate cake was fascinating to me.”
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“For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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“It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.”
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