Ted Allen Quotes

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• A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had…
• Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing…
• My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even…
• People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of…
• I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about…
• When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy…
• I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
• In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult.
• Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!
• I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really…
• It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just…
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a…
• The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook,chop,braise and blanch.…
• I am much more interested in the process than results.
• I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how…
• I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and…
• I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.
• Two words to improve any dish. Ba, Con
• You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.
• The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

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