Quotes by Brad Leone - Page 1

I don't plan my dinners at the beginning of the week.
Brad Leone /
Dinners
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Use a rubber spatula when you make eggs. Maybe a wooden spoon.
Brad Leone /
Eggs
Rubber
Spoon
Wooden
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More kids should churn butter. That's how it was in the old days.
Brad Leone /
Old Days
Butter
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I'd love to hang out with sheep farmers in New Zealand for a week.
Brad Leone /
New Zealand
Zealand
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Life's tough on the body and I'm a big fan of preventive maintenance.
Brad Leone /
Body
Maintenance
Tough
Big Fan
Fan
Preventive
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Look, dry-aged meat is amazing and certainly worth buying when you can afford it.
Brad Leone /
Buying
Meat
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I'm a big archery person. I grew up shooting bows. Some people play golf, I do this.
Brad Leone /
Archery
Bows
Play Golf
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Listen, I'm never going to be the kind of guy who wears Bose headphones on the street.
Brad Leone /
Headphones
Wears
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With archery, if you have good gear, you can't blame being bad on anyone but yourself.
Brad Leone /
Archery
Blame
Good Yourself Bad
Gear
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I've always had a deep connection with the ocean, and could never see myself landlocked.
Brad Leone /
Ocean
Myself Always Never
Connection
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Stop cutting on a glass or bamboo cutting board and invest in a nice, handmade hardwood one.
Brad Leone /
Bamboo
Cutting
Handmade
Board
Invest
Glass
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I feel most people are so disconnected from their food - I try to not be one of those people.
Brad Leone /
Disconnected
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The benefits of letting produce finish on their plant, in its natural environment, is undeniable.
Brad Leone /
Natural Environment
Plant
Letting
Undeniable
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Letting the markets and seasons dictate my dinners means I never get bored or tempted to order takeout.
Brad Leone /
Bored
Seasons
Tempted
Dictate
Letting
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They may be small, but microgreens are intensely flavorful, ranging from sweet to spicy to tart to sour.
Brad Leone /
Sour
Spicy
Intensely
Tart
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There's a real connection and respect between you and the food that you have to hunt and gather yourself.
Brad Leone /
Gather
Hunt
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I live in a second-floor apartment. So when I'm grilling in the backyard, I want everything in one place.
Brad Leone /
Grilling
Backyard
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A good knife is an essential tool in the kitchen, but when you get one handmade, it becomes something special.
Brad Leone /
Handmade
Something Special
Special
Becomes
Essential
Tool
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I cannot stress this enough: the difference between a bowl and a smoothie is the time it spends in the blender.
Brad Leone /
Blender
Bowl
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Most chefs only use and need a handful of knives - even if they own 25, they usually grab the same four or five.
Brad Leone /
Five
Handful
Chefs
Grab
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I always carry a pocketknife in my pocket for opening boxes, cutting a string, or whatever little thing comes up.
Brad Leone /
Boxes
Cutting
Opening
Little Thing
Pocket
String
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Nice olive oil is fairly easy to find at your standard grocery store, but there are fewer options of nice vinegars.
Brad Leone /
Easy
Fewer
Nice
Oil
Olive Oil
Fairly
Grocery
Grocery Store
Olive
Options
Standard
Store
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Having so much nutrients and flavor in such a small plant really puts microgreens into the superfood category for me.
Brad Leone /
Flavor
Nutrients
Plant
Puts
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An acai bowl has to be spoonable. It should be thick. You don't drink an acai bowl. There are no straws involved, none of that.
Brad Leone /
Involved
Thick
Acai
Bowl
None
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Instead of going into the kitchen all the time - I hate running up and down the stairs - I started using my Weber as a stovetop.
Brad Leone /
Stairs
Up And Down
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I grew up in the northernmost parts of New Jersey, known more for lush forests and old farmland than industrial wastelands and fist pumping.
Brad Leone /
Farmland
Forests
Jersey
Lush
New Jersey
Fist
Industrial
Pumping
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Submerging food in a bath of heated water - instead of subjecting it to the uneven heat of flames - means your food will never be overcooked.
Brad Leone /
Flames
Heat
Bath
Uneven
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Not only does a good knife make cooking easier, but it makes it safer too. An 8-inch is the sweet spot when it comes to the perfect everyday size.
Brad Leone /
Everyday
Spot
Safer
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The butter churning process can get really messy, and having cream all over your kitchen isn't the best thing, especially if you're not the most thorough cleaner.
Brad Leone /
Churning
Cream
Messy
Thorough
Best Your Process
Butter
Cleaner
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I'm a big Sunday guy. I'll do some wood work in the morning, making tables, cutting boards, desks, whatever with my buddy Adam. I usually start cooking dinner early.
Brad Leone /
Adam
Boards
Buddy
Cooking
Cutting
Dinner
Sunday
Tables
Work Morning Start
Wood
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You don't need a vacuum sealer to sous vide, but let me go on record saying it helps. Once you cook your vacuum-sealed food, it can stay in fridge for about a month.
Brad Leone /
Food Your Me
Month
Cook
Fridge
Helps
Record
Vacuum
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I use my non-stick pans as very specific tools. They're my egg pans. They live by themselves, in a cabinet. They go in their own home. They will never get scratched.
Brad Leone /
Tools
Cabinet
Egg
Scratched
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I was always into playing outside as a kid; being outdoors is just a part of who I am. I owe this to both my parents, who exposed me to hunting and fishing at a young age.
Brad Leone /
Exposed
Fishing
Hunting
Young Age
Age Always I Am
Both My Parents
Age Me I Am
Owe
Outdoors
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Buying knives can be an intimidating experience. They come in all different shapes and sizes, all of which do certain jobs - you wouldn't want to use a slicer to core a tomato.
Brad Leone /
Jobs
Buying
Core
Intimidating
Shapes
Different Shapes
Sizes
Tomato
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People love salmon - but not all salmon is created equal. Farmed fish can be fed yucky things, with harmful side effects to both the fish themselves and to the waters they call home.
Brad Leone /
Effects
Salmon
Love Home People
Fish
Fed
Harmful
Waters
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Whether you're pulling inspiration from restaurants, or simply tweaking the dishes you already like, it's important to change up your rotation, even if it's only every once in a while.
Brad Leone /
Dishes
Restaurants
Rotation
Change Your Important
Tweaking
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Strawberries are like tomatoes for me; I just won't eat them year round. I'll happily wait for them to come into season, then I gorge like a brown bear eating salmon before hibernation.
Brad Leone /
Brown
Eating
Salmon
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Come
Bear
Before
Year
Round
Wait
Happily
Season
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I understand that world hunger can't be cured by us all going out and hunting our own food - but it certainly taught me respect for the environment and for the animals that call it home.
Brad Leone /
Hunger
Hunting
Cured
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I grew up and fell out of love with hunting, though I still appreciate the meats I grew up eating: braised rabbit, pheasant jambalaya, snapping turtle soup, and venison backstrap with eggs.
Brad Leone /
Eggs
Hunting
Soup
Rabbit
Turtle
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Since my job as Test Kitchen manager requires me to hit the Union Square farmers' market and various grocery and specialty stores on a daily basis, I get dinner inspiration during these trips.
Brad Leone /
Dinner
Inspiration
Specialty
Basis
Daily
Daily Basis
Grocery
Manager
Union
Requires
Square
Test
Trips
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For me, shaping and sharpening knives is the perfect mix of a day of metal and woodwork, and seriously scratches my lifelong itch to make something with my own two hands - be it squid-and-veggie ramen or the fiberglass finish on a surfboard.
Brad Leone /
Lifelong
Me Day Hands
Itch
Metal
Mix
Shaping
Woodwork
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There's a new holiday tradition in my life, and it comes with an open door policy. Starting at 11 a.m. on Christmas Day, friends, family, whoever, is welcome to swing on through my place - I'll be cooking and drinking from morning till night.
Brad Leone /
Christmas
Christmas Day
Cooking
Drinking
Holiday
Night
Policy
Starting
Tradition
Welcome
Life Family Morning
Open
Door
Open Door
Till
Swing
Whoever
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I'm the test kitchen manager, which means I'm in charge of sourcing all of our ingredients and kitchen equipment. I also manage the budget, help out on photo shoots, and generally coordinate all the moving parts to keep our kitchen functional.
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Equipment
Ingredients
Manage
Moving Parts
Photo Shoots
Functional
Charge
Coordinate
Photo
Shoots
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Dry-aging happens when meat has been left to hang out in a temperature- and moisture-controlled environment. Over time, the meat's natural enzymes begin to break down the connective tissue and rid the meat of moisture, which results in a rich, nutty, and tender piece of beef.
Brad Leone /
Beef
Break
Environment
Meat
Nutty
Rich
Temperature
Hang
Piece
Tender
Tissue
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You guys have probably seen acai bowls on Instagram or at trendy coffee shops or wherever. They're a great source of energy, nutrient-rich, and a good way to get a ton of fruit into your diet. Plus, they shake up the normal breakfast routine and are as easy as smoothies to make.
Brad Leone /
Diet
Bowls
Breakfast
Coffee
Fruit
Good Way
Instagram
Normal
Plus
Routine
Shops
Trendy
Acai
Coffee Shops
Great Source
Guys
Shake
Ton
Wherever
You Guys
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And knife making is as much art as science, as far as I'm concerned: Forging metals from an old farm tool into a blade thin enough to effortlessly cut a tomato yet strong enough to mince ginger, all while looking beautiful, is comparable to Ginger Rogers dancing backwards in heels.
Brad Leone /
Science
Backwards
Concerned
Dancing
Forging
Ginger
Heels
Metals
Strong
Looking
As Far As
Blade
Comparable
Cut
Effortlessly
Far
Mince
Rogers
Thin
Tomato
Tool
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I was once fortunate enough to live close to a strawberry farm, and I'd always get excited to drive past it on my way to and from work. Every day, I'd roll down the windows and take in that sweet, almost candy-like smell that was so strong it filled the whole area, including my car.
Brad Leone /
Filled
Fortunate
Including
Smell
Farm
Windows
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