As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.

As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.

Behind Chipotle is not a corporation; behind Chipotle is a man that is one of the great cooks, that created a great concept.

Roberto Donna is a great Italian chef.

Let me tell you a story about when I was growing up in Spain. Many Sundays, we would invite 30, 40, 50 people to the countryside, and my father would make a big paella. He put me in charge of the fire and the 'stove' - the rocks that hold the pan. But he wouldn't let me cook. I got so unbelievably upset.

I guess that from the moment we are fed by our mothers, without even knowing it, we are caught in a net that brings us comfort, something we always feel when a special woman cooks for us. It is something unique and personal - it is something we want to keep for ourselves.

Good things, you can't rush into them.

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

After a year, the aromatics in an olive oil are gone. Sometimes the bottles on the shelf in the supermarket are there a lot longer than you are.

I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.

Women's cooking has always had a big influence on me personally.

I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller.

Anyone who knows me knows that I always like to keep moving.

The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.

Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world.

I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.

If you ask me about Napoleon, I'll tell you about his relationship with sugar. And canning - thanks to Napoleon, we have canning.

Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup.

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.

My whole life, I have been trying to cook an egg in the right way.

Anchovies pair really well with fruit like a nectarines or clementine. The fruit complements the sweetness and saltiness of the anchovy.

In America, diner food or roadside barbecue is the best road food, but I am not a fan of eating while driving - too messy.

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.

Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.