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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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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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Everything
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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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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
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Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
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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 like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.
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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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I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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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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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick.
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I have two young boys, and my wife is at home. Most of the time, I will cook the food, and we'll eat together.
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I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
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I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a way to bring my home to theirs.
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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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For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.
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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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To me, an airplane is a great place to diet.
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America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.
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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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