To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming val…

- Grant Achatz

It is critical to have a sound understanding of traditional culinary principles before attempting to push boundaries in cuisine. Larousse Gastronomiq…

- Grant Achatz

If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read thro…

- 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 a…

- Grant Achatz

My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side.

- Grant Achatz

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

- Grant Achatz

Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. T…

- Grant Achatz

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.

- Grant Achatz