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"Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore."
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"I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants."

"A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight."

"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."
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"But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around."


"The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build."


"They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it."


"I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career."


"It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me."
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