Masaharu Morimoto Quotes

• Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Study, Cooks

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• Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Believe, Knives, Soul

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• A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Knives, Kitchen, Kitchen Knives

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• No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Cooking, Want, Way

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• I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

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  Fighting, Roots, Soul

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• A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Thinking, Knives, Long

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• I'm not making art, I'm making sushi

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Art, Sushi

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• Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  People, Best Food, Rely

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• You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Soul, Dishwashers, Your Soul

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• Culture and tradition have to change little by little. So 'new' means a little twist, a marriage of Japanese technique with French ingredients. My technique. Indian food, Korean food; I put Italian mozzarella cheese with sashimi. I don't think 'new new new.' I'm not a genius. A little twist.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Mean, Italian, Thinking

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• Because I'm a chef, I eat out frequently, so it's hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I'm at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Hard Work, Home, Wife

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• I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Color, Years, Use

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• On behalf of my native Japan, I am grateful to the culinary community and hospitality industry for working together to raise much-needed funds to aid the tsunami and earthquake victims.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Grateful, Japan, Earthquakes

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• Ramen is a dish that's very high in calories and sodium. One way to make it slightly healthier is to leave the soup and just eat the noodles.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Sodium, Soup, Way

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• When I'm on the road, I wake up early and walk a lot. I'm very healthy. But when I come back home, I am more tempted by guilty pleasures, such as eating too many sweets and sleeping a lot.

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  Sweet, Home, Sleep

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• I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Home, Different, Soy Sauce

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• When I was a kid, I have two dreams. I want to be a baseball player. Hometown, Hiroshima, has a Japanese baseball franchise team called Hiroshima Carps. You know, and then I want to be a sushi chef. I want to make own restaurant - sushi restaurant.

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  Baseball, Dream, Team

  "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. February 11, 2012.

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• New York is my, you know, second hometown.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  New York, Hometown, Knows

  "TalkAsia" with Kristie Lu Stout, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2012.

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• I dont eat anything on an airplane.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Airplane

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• A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Thinking, People, Want

  "TalkAsia" with Kristie Lu Stout, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2012.

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• I always have dashi in my refrigerator—it's the almighty Japanese ingredient.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Ingredients, Refrigerators, Almighty

  "The Fast Five | Speedy Cooking Tips from Top Experts". Food & Wine Magazine Interview, www.foodandwine.com. September 1, 2004.

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• Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  School, Years, Smell

  "TalkAsia" with Kristie Lu Stout, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2012.

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• I want to expand my cuisine to this country. I love America. I have been here 22 years.

  Masaharu Morimoto

  Country, Years, America

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