I don’t have a long family history of good cooks in my family.
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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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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I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.
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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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Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.
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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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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
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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.
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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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Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well.
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In the end, your creativity — perhaps even your outrageousness — will determine the final result.
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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 was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink – some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.
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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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