If you salt a chicken the day before cooking, it starts to break down the cell structure of the meat and allows it to take on more flavor and actually helps it to stay more moist. Same goes for a… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying beef and pork is bad, I love it and I eat… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
Sometimes a minute is really the difference between success and failure. There are times when you finish with ten seconds left, and one extra… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks. — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
If you learn a recipe, you can cook the recipe. If you learn the technique, you can cook anything. — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether you get… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that all this packaged stuff that Americans are buying up in gobs is making them fatter. — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
As the competition goes further along, you start to see who's rising and who's falling. — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
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,… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
