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title: "5 Cooking Career Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I would say, probably 7 or 8 years into my cooking career, it stopped being about just food for me. Food's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samin-nosrat/i-would-say-probably-7-or-8-years-into-my-cooking-career-it-stopped/)

[Samin Nosrat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samin-nosrat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/samin-nosrat-5057_cooking_i-would-say-probably-7-or-8-years-into-m_490481.jpg)

> [“Now I know why I had that dream last night. It was a premonition forewarning me of the death of my cooking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-mattie/now-i-know-why-i-had-that-dream-last-night-it-was-a-premonition/)

[Katie Mattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-mattie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/katie-mattie-51374_chef_now-i-know-why-i-had-that-dream-last-nig_1538824.jpg)

> [I went to L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and I think French cooking is the basis for a lot of classical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-hall/i-went-to-l-academie-de-cuisine-in-gaithersburg-maryland-and-i-think/)

[Carla Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-hall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/carla-hall-26184_approach_i-went-to-l-academie-de-cuisine-in-gaith_2356668.png)

> [I started my cooking 'career' aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-redzepi/i-started-my-cooking-career-aged-15-almost-20-years-ago-at-the-time/)

[Rene Redzepi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-redzepi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/rene-redzepi-14507_aged_i-started-my-cooking-career-aged-15-almo_2703728.jpg)

> [The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-bible-of-cooking-the-all-time-argument-ender-early-in-my-cooking/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/anthony-bourdain-649_all-time_the-bible-of-cooking-the-all-time-argume_2884119.jpg)

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