Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste. — Charlie Trotter Cooking Copy Share Image
What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone. — Charlie Trotter Book Copy Share Image
One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
If people give me a year or two of their best effort, then I am their friend for life. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
I don't know how to put this gently, but I'm trying to tackle the biggest question of all, which is the God… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
“Achieving excellence is being passionate about what you're doing and working so hard that they have to hire two people to replace… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer… — Charlie Trotter Adage Copy Share Image
Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy.… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is… — Charlie Trotter Art Copy Share Image
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there… — Charlie Trotter Approach Copy Share Image
If you know what you're doing, you can make a meal happen with any kitchen knife. But using a top-quality knife versus… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. And that is why you must seize… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
The body cannot produce enzymes in perfect combinations to metabolize your foods as completely as the food enzymes created by nature do.… — Charlie Trotter Body Copy Share Image
If you go around the kitchen and ask my employees what they want to be doing in three to five years, most… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
I've always liked root vegetables because most of them have a natural sweetness. They have a high fructose content, especially when you… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Maybe it's good to be traumatized in your youth, to make you think differently and step outside the box. Anybody can be… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to get people to 'ooh' and 'aah' over beets and carrots than it is to get them to… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients. — Charlie Trotter Challenge Copy Share Image
I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education. — Charlie Trotter Arts education Copy Share Image
My parents couldnt be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing. — Charlie Trotter Father Copy Share Image
I’m all about making money. It’s the greatest thing, because it means you get money to spend. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
I have a certain point of view, a certain way to plate food, certain ingredients that I like to use. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing. — Charlie Trotter Father Copy Share Image
When I graduated I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want a conventional career. — Charlie Trotter Career Copy Share Image
