“My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful regi...” — Jose Andres Quote

“My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful region you'll ever see in Europe and the home of Cabrales, a great blue cheese made in the Asturian mountains. When I was young, we moved to Barcelona. Whenever my mother was homesick for Asturias, she'd eat a little piece of Cabrales to bring her closer to Mieres.”

“Roberto Donna is a great Italian chef.”

“When you use a simple gelatin like collagen, you can get flavor that is 100 percent pure, maybe event 150 percent.”

“So in my sophomore year of high school, I ran in Barcelona for the World Junior Championships, and I set the national record for the girls' 1,500 meters in doing so.”

“I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with.”

“Going to Barcelona is a huge opportunity and an incredible feeling.”