When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
25 years ago, when I started in New York, I had the pleasure to cook for Andy Warhol. At the time, I could have traded art for food - I should have done so, because I could get his work… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
There was no Internet, not even many cookbooks except the old reference books. So we would sit down at night, a group of six… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
For me to go casual is not to go simple. To me, it is to be able to bring back the art of tradition… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
A lot of chefs don't have a natural sense of economy. I was with one guy the other day, and I had to show… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I've always loved it in Las Vegas, and it is the only city in the world that brings so many different talented people from… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
What I bring - my team and I, because it's not only me - is this sense of elegance and casualness, and no pretension.… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I learned from my grandmother, because we were cooking a lot for the farm. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate. — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I enjoy what I do because it keeps evolving - when I was a cook, I wanted to be a chef de partie; when… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
