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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?

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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 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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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
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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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People are visual and hands on learners.
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I really love Paris. It's my favorite city.
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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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Prep things in advance so that you don't have to cook everything at the last moment.
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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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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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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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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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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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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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There is no value with just one restaurant or with one person. The brand has to be bigger than the person.
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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 like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
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