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We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good.

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Thomas Keller
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 14
Chef
Cookbook Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Restaurateur
Camp Pendleton
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This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.
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Anyone can make a good roast chicken.
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I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.
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Success is measured by the memories you create.
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I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.
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Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef.
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Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen senses and deep understanding of the truffle trade.
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I think every young cook wants to write a book.
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And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!
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You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.
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With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.
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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.
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Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else.
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I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference.
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Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.
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When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style.
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I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.
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I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.
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