Andrew Dost Quotes

If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there.

But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is not good nutritionally or ecologically.

I eat bags and bags of cashews. I've got them in the kitchen, and about ten feet away I've got another bowl on the kitchen table. In my backpack, I've always got a bag of cashews. I started eating them in the airports because that's the one food that you can find in every airport that's actually nutritious.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days.

According to the supermarkets, there is no such thing as 'out of season.' Berries in the middle of February? Why not? Seafood flown in from Japan? Sure. While it all adds up to appetizing and varied meals throughout the year, regardless of the weather, it comes with a price tag - both ethical and financial.

Healthy, sustainable food production methods give us food that is nutritionally better and with fewer pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones.

Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful.

We just wanted to do a chip that tasted great, but wasn't bad for you.

Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online.

A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.

I always leave a box of unsalted almonds in my house. A handful of those are a good snack that should keep you satisfied.

Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite.

For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.

Honey isn't really that good for you.

I'm so crazy now about 'organic' and 'fresh' and stuff that's 'free range.'

I know Los Angeles has it better than Chicago when it comes to produce year round!

I love judging food by its smell and feel and taste. The healthiest tomato isn't always the perfect one that's been covered in pesticides.

Fruit in the morning is such a big joy for me. I like to grab fruit from the tree, et cetera. I don't feel that way with vegetables. Fruit, you can eat it at any time, any moment, in any type of situation. I like everything about fruit; I like the color.

Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them.

Almonds can be used in sweet and savory dishes very easily.

I am obsessed with kale. I make kale salads and kale chips, and I think it's so yummy.

Berries are the healthiest fruit, offering potential protection against cancer and heart disease, boosting the immune system and acting as a guard for the liver and brain.

If some consumers believe that it's better from the point of view of their health to have organic food, God bless them. Let them buy it. Let them pay a bit more.