“Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.” — Jose Andres Quote

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

“People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.”

“As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.”

“I played on a line with Theo Fleury and German Titov, and I was actually center on their line.”

“Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional, selfish call to protect your own turf at the cost of our state. It is time to leave the corner, join the sacrifice, come to the center of the room and be part of the solution.”

“I gotta tell you, my nature is not to be the center of attention.”