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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Food
Fussy
Ingredients
Italian
Fancy

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For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.
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For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.
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A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.
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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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For example, you can eat a Caesar salad and say, Wow, I ate so healthy today. You forget there was a quarter-cup of oil in there, and all the calories are from fat. So it's better if you eat a grilled chicken breast, some steamed brown rice, and a little salad with balsamic vinegar on top.
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There is no value with just one restaurant or with one person. The brand has to be bigger than the person.
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People are visual and hands on learners.
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Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.
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One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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Young people want to be famous before they know how to cook, before they know how to treat people, before they know what hospitality means. I stayed in France for seven years and Austria for three, so before I was a chef anywhere I was already cooking for 10 years.
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I want to give people a basic education, and to help them think for themselves when it comes to food.
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The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.
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I would say that I mostly use Kosher Salt for seasoning my water and flour. I love sea salt, too. I think both are just fine, as long as it's not iodized salt.
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Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network. When I opened Spago, I had the kitchen in the dining hall. It was probably the first restaurant to do so. The dining scene became more casual. All these cooking shows have transformed our profession one-hundred percent.
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I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.
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I love strong flavors too. Like I don't mind if it looks clean and clear and you know what you are eating if it has Italian, Chinese or Japanese flavor I love them all.
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I think the time of the formal dinners is over.
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