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"Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work."
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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."
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Personal Development

"The world system is employment."
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Personal Development

"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."
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Personal Development

"Do not be weary to make money."
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Personal Development

"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."
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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."
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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"
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"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."
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"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."
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"Do all the work you while you still have strength."
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"Years down the line, I became a food stylist."
Food

"A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing."
Home

"I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen."
Job

"You know, this is really a way of cooking. It's not my way. I'm deeply influenced by the Mediterranean way of being. I've spent a lot of time there. And I've sort of translated it; I've tried to make it available to people in this country to whom it might not be familiar."
Time

"Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health."
Health

"That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do."
Being

"Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff."
Food

"But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain."
Food

"I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter."
Food

"To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment."
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