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I learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.
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I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.
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The only way to teach people how to truly do it and do it the right way, is to get those ingredients and kitchen tools in front of them and in their hands to use.
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Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.
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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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I think I generally try to buy the best quality and keep it simple. I don't try to make too many decorations, too many things with it.
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Most seasonings are based on family tradition.
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I tell everybody the same thing: You have to make every dish so when you taste it, you should remember it when you go home.
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Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.
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I think the time of the formal dinners is over.
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Stay away from iodized table salt. It's just bad and doesn't help food taste good.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.
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I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.
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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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I want to help build their basic food terminology.
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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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When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.
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