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When I was 27, if I didn't put 15 things in one dish I wasn't happy.

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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 like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.
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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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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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Most seasonings are based on family tradition.
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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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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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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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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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I want to give people a basic education, and to help them think for themselves when it comes to food.
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People are visual and hands on learners.
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I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.
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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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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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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 learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.
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