
50 Best: How Janaina Rueda became a Brazilian icon
“If we want our kids to understand about food, then we have to make sure they receive food education.”
“If we want our kids to understand about food, then we have to make sure they receive food education.”
“My grandmother, Lelinha, put down all her recipes in her beautiful handwriting and I gathered them into a book”
“Businesses won’t survive if people don’t understand the value. As restaurants, we now have the opportunity to make people understand the real value of things.”
To many of us, the words ‘breakfast,’ ‘lunch’ and ‘dinner’ signify a beginning, a middle and an end. But when life loses structure, these simple words can lose their meaning
“The time to make change is now – that’s our role. If cooking is a political act, let’s do it properly. Let’s change things.”
“We have every right to be scared and to panic, but we should also be positive and creative. After every rain, the sun comes out”
“Brazil is such a diverse country. Our cuisine is like a patchwork quilt with a mix of influences that are similar but different; distant, yet always connected”
“Cosme is not just a restaurant, it’s more of a cultural institution. We might not know everything about cooking but we all strive to do the best we can”
“As Indian chefs, we need to change how people perceive Indian food”
“The message is: know where your fish comes from. Peru is the land of ceviche, but how are we going to be Peru without fish?”
“We need to think about the amount of litter we’re producing, the water we use, the quantity of food we’re wasting. What will happen in the future?”
“The most important thing is not to arrive there and invade. It’s about developing friendships so we can have a trusting work relationship.”
“There was always that fear that Kjolle wouldn’t live up to Central. I took a risk but I decided to do it, and luckily we have a strong team.”
“Momofuku was magnetic, electric, it was what we’d all secretly wanted in New York City but couldn’t quite put our finger on, and I just knew I needed to be a part of it.”