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You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.

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Ferran Adria
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.
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I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.
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Food is about being happy - at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours.
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If you think well, you cook well.
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My idol was Johann Cruyff (a Dutch soccer player) and I wanted to be like him. But when I realized that I would never be, I decided to do something else. I met the kitchen by chance and quickly became completely enamoured by it.
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I never cook at home. After 15 hours at work, I don't have much of a desire to cook at home. I do eat at home, but it's always something simple. Raw nuts. Almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts--these are marvelous products. I am, however, the type that likes to go out to eat a lot. I never tire of it.
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We didnt create dishes. We create preparations to create many dishes.
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When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses.
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I cant live without activity I cant be sedentary.
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If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?
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In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. For me, when I go to a restaurant and am served a dish influenced by something we created at elBulli, if it's well done, it makes me extremely happy.
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Salt is the only product that changes cuisine. There's a big difference between food that has salt and food without it. If you don't believe that, ask people who can't eat salt.
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I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
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