"If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk."
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"I love roasting because you can give it love, get it in the oven and go and play with the kids or whatever you've got to do, and then hours later you've got a lovely dinner."
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"I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge."
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"I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it."
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"As usual, my timing is bizarrely good."
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"Now that I've got kids, it's become really important for me on the health front to try to buy as much organic produce as possible."
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"The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities."
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"Now, everyone is excited about food - cooking, growing, learning - watching it on TV, buying books, trying things at home. It's the greatest time ever to be in food - which is why it's so hard to see so many people still relying on processed food. I am hoping that we had a generational blip - and that these young people will continue on and pass on their love of food and creativity to the next generation of kids."
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"There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!"
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"The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance."
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"If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt."
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"In England, you're allowed to have an opinion - as long as it comes out of your mouth."
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"It's just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so we're just trying to spread the word."
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"I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down."
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"Like most of the other teachers, I'd done a bit of teaching and we all think we're great at what we do, but you realize that normally you have an audience who are all onside, who all want to listen."
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"I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in."
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"Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere."
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"It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school."
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"What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round."
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"But I read Catching Fire. I loved disappearing into a story."
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