Ethiopian - Chef | January 25, 1970 -
We know so much about the European food story, and we're getting to know about the American food story; but we know so little about the African food story.
Marcus Samuelsson
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I don't have memories of Ethiopia as a child. I didn't learn about Ethiopian culture until after I moved to New York and started meeting people from the Ethiopian community.
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As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.
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I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had whatever I needed.
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Most of my education has been around food.
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Food has always been in my life. Being born in Ethiopia, where there was a lack of food, and then really cooking with my grandmother Helga in Sweden. And my grandmother Helga was a cook's cook.
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Criticism is part of the creative man's journey, and I appreciate it.
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I stand behind everything I've done.
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It wasn't until I came to New York and started to see the African American community, but also the Ethiopian community here, and started to eat the food, started to understand the music. I said, you know, I got to go and understand the culture. So me and my sister went.
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I get so tickled when that pilot happens to be an African American because I rarely see that. The same is true when I go to find restaurants. I mean, most places I go, I kind of have some idea who the chef is, which is why I want to go.
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There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
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If it's done really well, you don't want big portions because you think, 'That was so fulfilling. I'm not stuffed. I feel great.'
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