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A cookbook must have recipes,...

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Its not about passion. Passio...

Its not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it's about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then u'll be a great cook.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I don't think you could have ...

I don't think you could have a 7 with a manual. But I can't see having a BMW sports sedan without a manual.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I guess the main source of st...

I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

This is the great challenge: ...

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

A recipe has no soul. You, as...

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Even the most astute chefs se...

Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen senses and deep understanding of the truffle trade.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I can make dough in a machine...

I can make dough in a machine faster than I can make it by hand, but I want to make it by hand, because I want to remember the way it feels. It's so important for me to make it by hand - whether it's a pasta dough or a p?te bris?e. You become involved in it. You become personal with it. For me it's such a wonderful way to get satisfaction and gratification when I'm cooking.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I didnt want to be encumbered...

I didnt want to be encumbered by what anyone elses abilities were, their equipment or environment or their ability to get certain products.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

You don't know when inspirati...

You don't know when inspiration is going to come. But you have to be aware of what's going on around you, so that at any moment, when inspiration happens, you're ready for it and you interpret it.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Food is such an important par...

Food is such an important part of our lives, and sometimes we tend to diminish the importance of that, because we rely on conveniences or because our lives are so complicated. We forget about those moments that we can actually share around the table with our family, with our friends, with our loved ones.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Vegetables to me are - I don'...

Vegetables to me are - I don't want to say the most exciting part of cooking, but certainly a very exciting part of cooking, because they continue to change. They come into season and they go through different phases.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Repetition is the mother of p...

Repetition is the mother of perfection. If there is true perfection, it's about doing something over and over again. I truly think that if somebody does a recipe they've never done before and gets it right, they're probably more lucky than they are talented.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Any job worth doing is worth ...

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I wonder if I love the commun...

I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

Cooking is not about convenie...

Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, precut ingredients has severed our lifeline to the satisfactions of cooking. Take your time. Take a long time. Move slowly and deliberately and with great attention.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I think that's the important ...

I think that's the important thing - being aware of that inspiration and being able to interpret it into something that's meaningful for you.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

With passion, if you see the ...

With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

One of the problems with writ...

One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

I think that you’ve got to ma...

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

Thomas Keller 90 quotes

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