3 December 2020 Ted Allen My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen In recent years, I’ve been writing because I’m fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in ‘Waiting for Guffman,’ but on Thanksgiving you’re putting on a show!
3 December 2020 Ted Allen To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can’t think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I’ve been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It’s just something I’m passionate about.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen I’ve always hoped ‘Chopped’ would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen When I come home from a shoot, I’d rather reheat food I’ve made than eat takeout.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting ‘Chopped,’ say, I’m talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that’s not about the joy of food. That’s survival.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen I’m a home cook and love to read about food, but I’m not trained as a chef. I’m just really into cooking and passionate about it.
3 December 2020 Ted Allen Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information.
