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I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing.

Bobby Flay

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.
BOBBY FLAY

Football Thinking Weekend
I can’t grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don’t bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.
BOBBY FLAY

Grilling Home Steaks Tongs Vegetables
Take risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
BOBBY FLAY

Inspirational Mistake Success
I love working with big flavors like chiles and smoke. Honey is perfect for softening the edges, mellowing them out a bit. I put it in everything – vinaigrettes, soups, stocks, salsas, so I’m always on the hunt for great honey.
BOBBY FLAY

Flavor Perfect Smoke Soup
I think people are intimidated by grilling .. maybe it’s the flame, maybe it’s the big grills, maybe they’ve had some bad childhood experiences .. but I think that grilling is actually the easiest technique in cooking.
BOBBY FLAY

Childhood Experience Flames People Thinking
Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you’re opening a restaurant.
BOBBY FLAY

Especially Opening Restaurants
When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!
BOBBY FLAY

Burger Nuts People
Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
BOBBY FLAY

Dishes Psychology Side Vegetables
Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
BOBBY FLAY

Corn Parent Summer
I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They’re incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.
BOBBY FLAY

Holiday Nice Sweet
When I’m hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette.
BOBBY FLAY

Cook Hire Hiring Restaurant Want
I don’t have a long family history of good cooks in my family.
BOBBY FLAY

Family History Long
I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing.
BOBBY FLAY

Cities Cosmopolitan Country People
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.
BOBBY FLAY

Evening Romance Running Time
Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
BOBBY FLAY

Country Grilling Involved People Want
My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space.
BOBBY FLAY

Location Parks Space

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