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 FLAYGo vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
More Bobby Flay Quotes
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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.
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I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it’s much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.
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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 don’t have a long family history of good cooks in my family.
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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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My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space.
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I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.
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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.
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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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Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
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I live in New York and I’m in New York basically all the time. I spend a lot of my time in my restaurants, and I feel like that’s why they’re successful.
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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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Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you’re opening a restaurant.
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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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There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.
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