Author: Grant Achatz

Quotes

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.

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.

- Grant Achatz

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

- Grant Achatz

Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.

Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.

- Grant Achatz

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.

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.

- Grant Achatz

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.

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.

- Grant Achatz

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.

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.

- Grant Achatz

Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.

Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.

- Grant Achatz

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

- Grant Achatz

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