Eric Ripert Quotes

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• The fish is the star of the plate.
• You don't become a chef to become famous.
• Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know.
• When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip…
• For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.
• A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy…
• When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing.
• The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream.
• I love garlic, and I use it often.
• Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not…
• Fast food is both evil and genius. Because of it we can feed a large number of people fairly decently at an affordable price. However,…
• I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them.
• I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu.
• America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.
• California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but…
• I just find the world very exciting and beautiful everywhere.
• Cooks build muscles; we can stand all day long on our feet and not feel the pain.
• Nobody wants an ugly book.
• I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France.
• I like very much Louis Vuitton. My wife loves it too.

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