I don’t have a long family history of good cooks in my family.
BOBBY FLAYWhen I’m on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, ’cause that’s who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.
More Bobby Flay Quotes
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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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Habaneros have a great fruity flavor, but the challenge is that you have to deflect the heat in order to taste the flavor. If you don’t, you’re dead. They should really have a warning sign on them. Deflect the habanero’s heat by pairing it with sweet food.
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When I’m on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, ’cause that’s who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.
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I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.
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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.
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You can’t chase everybody on the Internet who’s saying stuff about you, that’s for sure.
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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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When I go to a restaurant, I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent.
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When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!
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Take risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
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It’s important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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