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Ted Allen

"I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!"

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"I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!"

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Amber Hurdle

"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago."

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Amber Hurdle

"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."

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Amber Hurdle

"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."

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Amber Hurdle

"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record."

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Amber Hurdle

"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."

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Amber Hurdle

"His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen."

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Amber Hurdle

"A Chicago alderman once confessed he needed physical exercise but didn't like jogging, because in that sport you couldn't hit anyone."

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Amber Hurdle

"After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway."

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Amber Hurdle

"I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops."

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Ted Allen
"My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it."

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Ted Allen
"Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show."

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Ted Allen
"You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame."

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"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about."

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Ted Allen
"I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles."

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Ted Allen
"Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period."

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Ted Allen
"What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff."

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Ted Allen
"I am much more interested in the process than results."

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Ted Allen
"For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes."

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Ted Allen
"Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets."

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