Thomas Keller Quotes

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

  Thomas Keller

  Food, Home Cooking, Soul

  Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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• When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about.

  Thomas Keller

  Real, Ideas, People

  "What It Takes" with Alice Winkler, learningenglish.voanews.com. April 20, 2018.

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• 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

  Passion, Ebb And Flow, Desire

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• Success is measured by the memories you create.

  Thomas Keller

  Memories, Success Is Measured By, Success Is Measured

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• 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

  Passion, Everyday Routine, Challenges

  Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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• It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

  Thomas Keller

  Perfection, Joy, Strive

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• 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

  Jobs, Able, Wells

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• 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

  Important, Tables, Forget

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

  Thomas Keller

  Who We Are

  Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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• 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

  Mother, Thinking, Perfection

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• 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

  Moving, Long, Cooking

  Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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• For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

  Thomas Keller

  Yesterday, Cooking, Important

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

  Thomas Keller

  Recipes, Guides, Should

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• Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef.

  Thomas Keller

  Energy, Different, Faces

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• You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

  Thomas Keller

  Ambition, Driven, Focused

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• And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!

  Thomas Keller

  Food, Kitchen, Essentials

  Thomas Keller (2016). “Ad Hoc at Home”, p.10, Artisan Books

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• 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

  Inspiration, Moments, Ready

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• 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 pâte brisée. 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

  Hands, Cooking, Important

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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

  Thomas Keller

  Stress, Source

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

  Thomas Keller

  Thinking, People, Way

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• 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

  Meaningful, Inspiration, Thinking

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.

  Thomas Keller

  Italian, Cooking, Foundation

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• Good food is a good trend.

  Thomas Keller

  Trends, Good Food

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• 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

  Passion, Desire, Asparagus

  "Thomas Keller On Why Passion Shouldn’t Drive You" by Mark Wilson, www.fastcodesign.com. April 3, 2013.

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• You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

  Thomas Keller

  Book, Fundraising, Chef

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