Author: 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.

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

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

I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated my entire life - every aspect of it.

I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated my entire life - every aspect of it.

- 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

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

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

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