The right use of food can end hunger.
I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C.
Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world.
When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I was on vacation in the Cayman Islands.
I mix mayonnaise, ketchup and brandy and a little bit of mustard. This is a heck of a good sauce for seafood.
Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.
A plancha is just a hot flat surface. So if you think about it, anything is a plancha, like a saute pan or a griddle. A la plancha is the perfect way to cook for a crowd.
I prefer natural hardwood lump charcoal - the other stuff makes your food taste like Goodyear tires.
Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.
I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.
Romesco with asparagus is simple and brilliant.
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.
Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.
When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes.
I love America!
Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup.
I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience.
In Spain, we mainly use red plum tomatoes, but it is always fun to experiment. Try using a mix of colors or substitute green tomatoes for plum next time you make a tomato dish.
In America, diner food or roadside barbecue is the best road food, but I am not a fan of eating while driving - too messy.
I cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food of the United States of America.
