Best quotes by Jean-Georges Vongerichten on Food

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  • For me, the good food starts with good product.
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  • I think, as a chef and restaurateur, that you have to take care of your business. Otherwise, you're only as good as your last meal. You have to watch if your food costs are too high, or you could be out of business in no time.
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  • My two essential ingredients are chilies, any kind, dried or fresh; and acid, whether it's citrus - lemon, lime, yuzu - or vinegars. Food has to pop.
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  • Food for me has to pop, and at Spice Market, the food really pops.
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  • I think food is getting lighter and healthier because people eat out so often. It's about quality ingredients because that is the root of good food.
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  • There is so much more vegetable use in Thailand, India and China than meat. Yes, when you go to the markets or buy street food, you see shrimp or chicken - but mostly vegetables.
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  • Food is a part of life. People are foodies and love to shop for food.
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  • At ABC Cocina and Kitchen, 90 percent of our produce and vegetables come from Union Square, and that's all from upstate New York farmers. We are simply committed to this idea of local, organic food.
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  • Food is important for me, but as a restaurant group, to expand, you know, we have to look where the best market are - where the best markets are.
    - Jean-Georges Vongerichten