--- title: "2 Cleveland Quotes By Michael Symon" description: "2 Cleveland quotes by Michael Symon. Plus more from Michael Symon and more Cleveland sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/michael-symon-15947_beautiful_in-cleveland-i-m-so-fortunate-that-we-re_777434.png" --- > [In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with the season, even if the season is only six weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/in-cleveland-i-m-so-fortunate-that-we-re-surrounded-by-farms-with-an/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/michael-symon-15947_beautiful_in-cleveland-i-m-so-fortunate-that-we-re_777434.png) > [I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-don-t-think-any-other-holiday-embraces-the-food-of-the-midwest/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/michael-symon-15947_cities_i-don-t-think-any-other-holiday-embraces_2099797.jpg) ## Other authors on Cleveland - [Stipe Miocic 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/stipe-miocic/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-machine-gun-kelly-62408.jpg) Machine Gun Kelly 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/machine-gun-kelly/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lebron-james-59230.jpg) LeBron James 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/lebron-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-drew-carey-30719.jpg) Drew Carey 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/drew-carey/) - [Peyton Hillis 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/peyton-hillis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-larry-nance-jr-6213.jpg) Larry Nance, Jr 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/larry-nance-jr/) ## More by Michael Symon > [Sometimes a minute is really the difference between success and failure. There are times when you finish with ten seconds left, and one extra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/sometimes-a-minute-is-really-the-difference-between-success-and/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [Bacon is like a good pair of Levi's-it never goes out of style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/bacon-is-like-a-good-pair-of-levi-s-it-never-goes-out-of-style/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/my-goal-in-live-to-cook-is-to-make-great-food-more-approachable-for/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [If you learn a recipe, you can cook the recipe. If you learn the technique, you can cook anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/if-you-learn-a-recipe-you-can-cook-the-recipe-if-you-learn-the/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [Recipes are important but only to a point. What's more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/recipes-are-important-but-only-to-a-point-what-s-more-important-than/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/the-exposure-from-iron-chef-has-been-helpful-but-at-the-end-of-the/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-always-tell-my-employees-the-busier-it-gets-the-slower-you-should/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [I'm a firm believer that all this packaged stuff that Americans are buying up in gobs is making them fatter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-m-a-firm-believer-that-all-this-packaged-stuff-that-americans-are/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/in-cleveland-i-m-so-fortunate-that-we-re-surrounded-by-farms-with-an/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [As the competition goes further along, you start to see who's rising and who's falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/as-the-competition-goes-further-along-you-start-to-see-who-s-rising/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/go-to-the-grocery-store-and-buy-better-things-buy-quality-buy-organic/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/when-it-comes-to-cooking-and-eating-i-always-try-to-preach-that-life/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [I'm lucky that my restaurant partners are my wife Liz and Doug Petkovic. We opened our first restaurant over 15 years ago. And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-m-lucky-that-my-restaurant-partners-are-my-wife-liz-and-doug/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [I think that any city created to be that over-the-top tends to be slightly inspiring, if not frightening. Vegas is all about people being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-think-that-any-city-created-to-be-that-over-the-top-tends-to-be/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) > [I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities. Bobby Flay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-symon/i-was-lucky-enough-to-have-great-mentors-both-in-the-culinary-world/) [Michael Symon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-symon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cleveland/michael-symon/#itemlist", "name": "2 Cleveland Quotes By Michael Symon", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. 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