I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history. -Daniel Boulud Inspirational
From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets. -Daniel Boulud Amazing
In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami is almost close to Vegas when it comes to an amazing presentation of chefs. But they don't have these massive hotels that have become their own culinary villages. -Daniel Boulud Amazing
Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food. -Daniel Boulud Food
From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets. -Daniel Boulud Food
I love Italian food; it's soulful like French food. Italian food is original and homey; it's market-driven, but also can be locally sourced. -Daniel Boulud Food
I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it. -Daniel Boulud Freedom
I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it. -Daniel Boulud Imagination
When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge. -Daniel Boulud Imagination