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The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build.
Thomas Keller
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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
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Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.
Thomas Keller
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We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good.
Thomas Keller
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When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style.
Thomas Keller
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They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.
Thomas Keller
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No, it's funny, when I eat out it's not typically in the kind of restaurants people might imagine.
Thomas Keller
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The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.
Thomas Keller
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It's one thing you aspire to: someday, you'll be able to write a book.
Thomas Keller
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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
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Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available.
Thomas Keller
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We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.
Thomas Keller
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I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.
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A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.
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