Katie Lee Quotes

Katie Lee

Profession : Chef

Birth : September 14, 1981

I've been using carrot tops to make pesto and broccoli stalks to make broccoli 'rice.' There's no reason to throw those things away - just get creative.

Katie Lee

I love spicy food, so I'm not sure why I have this aversion to wasabi, but I really detest it.

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Bobby Flay has become a great mentor to me. He's one of my very best friends and kind of like a big brother, and I always feel like I can go to him for any kind of advice.

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I would have loved to have been an aesthetician. I love, like, anything to do with - I know this sounds kind of gross - but any kind of zit popping is so fascinating to me.

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The kitchen is definitely the room that gets used the most in my house.

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I like a very clean kitchen, and when I'm cooking, I try to clean as I go.

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I think kitchen real estate is very valuable, so something has to perform multiple functions for me to give it space in my drawers.

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My grandmother Dora taught me how to cook. She's from a small town in West Virginia called Milton. I would pull a stool up to her kitchen counter after school. My love of food started there.

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I always think of my grandfather as the original foodie. He was the slowest eater. He savored everything. Even when everyone was gone from the table, he was still eating.

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I love the 'Barefoot Contessa' cookbooks - they're so nicely done, and her recipes are beautiful and simple.

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I just love to look at cookbooks, it's almost like they're comic books for me. I can't look at them before bed; it gets me too excited.

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If I really don't feel like cooking, I have a bowl of lentil pasta with Rao's jarred sauce.

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My Breville juicer is one of my can't-live-without appliances in the kitchen.

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I make green juice daily.

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For my Mai Tai recipe, I juice fresh orange, pineapple, and lime. It's like vacation in a glass!

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A lot of people are kind of snobby about garlic powder and onion powder. I happen to love them.

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My grandpa and I loved Emeril. It was all he wanted to watch when he was in the hospital dying. When I met Emeril later, it was so emotional.

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When cooking for a man, treat all of his senses.

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If you look at the cookbooks that sell the most, it's almost always people who have their own TV shows.

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I love to have my girlfriends over for a movie night of chick flicks. I usually make some simple snacks, and the favorite is always my Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip.

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