I looked at it as a job. My first job was at Joe Allen’s, and I remember there was a photo over the bar of the Triple Dead Heat from the 1944 Carter Handicap.
BOBBY FLAYI think New York has the most diverse and best quality representation of so many different cuisines at all levels.
More Bobby Flay Quotes
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It’s important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
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I don’t like to dump the dressing on top of the greens. Instead, I pour it against the side of the bowl – using only enough to glaze the leaves – then toss.
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In the end, your creativity — perhaps even your outrageousness — will determine the final result.
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I probably use my chef’s knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I’m not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.
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I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing.
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Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.
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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.
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Charcoal or gas. Both give excellent results, so choose the one that best suits your style of cooking.
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One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious men-versus-women game of Trivial Pursuit. It’s brutal. And there’s a trophy.
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I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.
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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
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Chipotles to me are a one-of-a-kind pepper because they’re smoked jalapenos, so they’re fiery and they’re smoky. It’s good to use chipotles in salsas or soups or condiments – that works really well. To me, they always really pick up anything you put them in.
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Everybody says, ‘I have problems overcooking steak on the grill,’ but just take it off earlier! Grilling is really common sense. It’s very simple. You should think of a grill as a burner – it just happens to have grates. You shouldn’t be intimidated by it.
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Cooking is a subject you can never know enough about. There is always something new to discover.
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