46 Quotes by Grant Achatz

My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. It's very modest but there's tons of counter space, so you can slap down three or four cutting boards.

I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art

The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind.

Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.

My life has been such a blur since I was 18, 19 years old. I haven't even had time to contemplate my own life. By forcing yourself to write your life story you learn a great deal about yourself.

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

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.

There are about 700 flavors that you can smell, but only five you can taste. A lot of times what you're perceiving as flavor has nothing to do with palette, but it's more to do with scents.