Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using.
BOBBY FLAYI 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.
More Bobby Flay Quotes
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Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you’re opening a restaurant.
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I can’t be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.
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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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You can’t chase everybody on the Internet who’s saying stuff about you, that’s for sure.
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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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I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing.
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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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Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
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When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!
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A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly.
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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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Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
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Take risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.
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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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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.
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