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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
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Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help them match food flavor profiles with the aesthetics of everything.
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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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It is going to have healthy food and exercise mixed together. With smaller portions, and more exercise, you live a better life.
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I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
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It is so nice to talk to someone that has a passion for food and family.
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Omelets are about technique. Now, different people make it different ways, but, if you're a chef in Europe, an omelet has to be cooked on the outside, with just a simmer of color, and the inside has to be soft. It should be cooked like a steak - medium rare.
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Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.
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I think the time of the formal dinners is over.
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When you have made as many mistakes as I have, then you can be as good as me.
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The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.
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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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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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I want to help build their basic food terminology.
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I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get those vital nutrients out of them.
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A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things. That is why someone like Heston Blumenthal is a genius.
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It was a revolution, but now it is an evolution. People know more ingredients, people know more techniques, and people look for more ingredients they've never looked for before. In the '80s, you couldn't find raw tuna in any restaurant that wasn't Japanese. Now, you can't find any restaurant without it or sashimi.
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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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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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