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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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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Cooking
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Land
Culture
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I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.
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Restaurants are like having children: its fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy.
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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'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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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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I learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.
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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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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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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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New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.
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A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult.
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Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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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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I really love Paris. It's my favorite city.
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People are visual and hands on learners.
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I fell in love with food because of my mother. So, I will definitely be sharing and expanding more recipes from my culture (as well as many other cultures), and will be sharing recipes that I have experienced from my whole culinary life.
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Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
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I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
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