Author Profile
Homaro Cantu
1976 – 2015 • American • Inventor
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Showing 51 quotesPeople often think that losing your job is one of the worst things that can happen to someone. And, in some cases, that might be true. But for me, unemployment can be the time and the motivation to finally go after my goals.— Homaro Cantu
When we think of classic American desserts, we tend to imagine apple pie and ice cream. However, the most classic American dessert of all might be the chocolate chip cookie.— Homaro Cantu
Almond Joys are a childhood favorite, but most of us could do without all those grams of sugar, especially when trying to instill healthy habits in our kids.— Homaro Cantu
Urban farming is not only possible, it is crucial. But it can't be like the farming techniques of yore.— Homaro Cantu
Lots of the cooking classes open to non-professionals are too low-level for experienced foodies, or don't offer enough hands-on training.— Homaro Cantu
What is cooking? 'Cooking' is a loose term. It's understanding energy or the lack thereof.— Homaro Cantu
The interesting thing about the miracle berry in chemo patients is that it actually straightens out their taste buds, whereas for you and I, it blocks our bitter and sour receptors. For them, it straightens them out to taste food as it normally tastes.— Homaro Cantu
All of the plants that we do not consider food that are safe for the human body to digest, we don't eat because they're sour and bitter. The reason why you don't eat Kentucky bluegrass or crabgrass is because it tastes sour and bitter.— Homaro Cantu
My wife and I are always concerned about how long it's going to take to eat out. You just don't know.— Homaro Cantu
The only projects that excite me have to be tied to some aspect of social change. No matter how beautiful, a coffee book doesn't exactly move you to change the way you cook or eat.— Homaro Cantu
I was just taught very early that if I didn't solve problems, I was headed for a very dark path. Problems were everywhere. Now, even if there are no problems, I look for problems. I'm like, 'You know what? I don't like the way this spoon works. I want to design a new spoon.'— Homaro Cantu
There's just a certain fear that people have when they put meat coming out of a printer in their mouth.— Homaro Cantu
The cow, basically, eats three basic things in their feed: corn, beets, and barley, and so what I do is I actually challenge my staff with these crazy, wild ideas. Can we take what the cow eats, remove the cow, and then make some hamburgers out of that?— Homaro Cantu