Marcus Samuelsson Quotes

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• I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
• People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.
• Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how…
• Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov.
• One of the first things my father taught me was that the library was made for and available to me. It's a place where you…
• It will always be trendy to do the right thing with food.
• Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most…
• People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a…
• I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish.
• I feel very fortunate that I was raised in a multicultural family, and it came through food.
• If you're cooking for someone important - whether it's your boss or a date - never try a new recipe and a new ingredient at…
• For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like…
• While I hold my own views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the…
• Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable.
• Cooking is in an honest profession where you cannot hide and let others do the work for you. You have to show up, work hard…
• Hard work IS its own reward. Integrity IS priceless. Art DOES feed the soul.
• But one of the things I have learned during the time I have spent in the United States is an old African American saying: Each…
• I'm a big believer in the negligee, that nearly invisible screen standing between you and the object of your desire.
• I think that if you grind your spices and keep them in small batches, you can use them in endless ways. The key thing is…
• I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had whatever…

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