Grant Achatz Quotes
It's not really the life of cooking that's hard - it's what you make of it and what level you push yourself to.
Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one.
Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.
My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side.
What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea.
I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.
We all eat two to six times a day. Why? Because we are supposed to, we are programmed to, we want to.
To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee.
Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.
Over the years, Céline Labaune has been constantly seeking to source the highest quality truffles; her diligence and expertise truly set her apart.
I hate stuff in my pockets, can't stand it. I'll carry stuff in my hands rather than put it in my pockets.
Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.
I wish that food trucks could exist here in Chicago like they do in Brooklyn and in New York, where you're actually cooking off the truck.
Ultimately, the perfect meal is when those things come together - circumstance, the food, ambiance, and you're with the person that you want to be with.
