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Thomas Keller

"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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"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."

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

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"Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using."

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"I don't believe in low-fat cooking."

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"I just get all jacked up when we start cooking."

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"Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?"

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

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

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"I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking."

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"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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"The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build."
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"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."
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"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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"The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in."
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