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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Passion
Came
Writing
Really
Love
Cookbook
Collecting

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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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People are visual and hands on learners.
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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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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
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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 want to help build their basic food terminology.
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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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Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
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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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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.
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Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
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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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The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.
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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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