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I think the time of the formal dinners is over.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
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Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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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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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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It's an interesting thing, Top Chef. Some of the contestants will make you one great dish, and then make you something on the next show that will make you say, Is that the same person?
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One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.
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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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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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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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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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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 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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It's easier being a judge than a competitor. As a judge, you don't have any risks. That makes it much more enjoyable.
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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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To me, an airplane is a great place to diet.
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I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.
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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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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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I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.
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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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Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
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Prep things in advance so that you don't have to cook everything at the last moment.
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