"A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk,……" — Fernand Point
"A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice for the result to be perfect."
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- Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.
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- The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.
- I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.
- Place a lump of fresh butter in a pan or egg dish and let it melt - that is, just…
- In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.
- In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist.
- As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order…
- A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.
- Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.
- There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted…
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