Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way - that's the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level. Jose Andres More Quotes by Jose Andres More Quotes From Jose Andres A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef. Jose Andres cocktail bartender made chef I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques and improving beyond my own knowledge because there is always something new to learn and new horizons to discover. Jose Andres good learning life knowledge When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning, you bring the best architects. How it is possible that when we are talking about the way we are going to feed America, no chef shows up in the room? Jose Andres best you health chef I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that. Jose Andres you power food people The cheapest gadget - and you don't even have to spend a dime - is chopsticks from a Chinese restaurant. I use them for everything: to toss salads, to turn a piece of meat in the pan, to flip croquettes in the Fryolator, to whisk eggs for omelets, to stir eggs into fried rice when I make that for my daughters. Jose Andres restaurant everything you meat Simple ingredients, treated with respect... put them together and you will always have a great dish. Jose Andres you respect simple together I believe the future is vegetables and fruits. They are so much more sexier than a piece of chicken. Jose Andres chicken future vegetables believe The first time I saw America was from my perch on the mast of a Spanish naval ship, where I could spot the Statue of Liberty reaching proudly into the open, endless American sky. Jose Andres ship first-time sky time One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity. Jose Andres me childhood happy food Everyting starts to happen at my home at 7 A. M., 7:20, when you hear the orange juicer. That means my daughters are already making the fresh Clementine juice. Jose Andres fresh you juice home To me, what I'm interested in, in the end, is the meaning of food in our lives. Jose Andres meaning end me food Chefs are at the end of a long chain of individuals who work hard to feed people. Farmers, beekeepers, bakers, scientists, fishermen, grocers, we are all part of that chain, all food people, all dedicated to feeding the world. Jose Andres work food long people Puerto Rico is the perfect meeting place between Spain, the country I come from, and America, the country where I now belong. The meeting point of two worlds where magic can happen. Jose Andres meeting place magic country IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions. Jose Andres money research people world As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize. Jose Andres legal start problem opportunity Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world. Jose Andres you history past world It is time to embrace and celebrate ketchup, not be ashamed of it. Jose Andres embrace celebrate ashamed time I believe no chef becomes what he becomes without having many people influence him. Jose Andres influence believe people chef