“The objective.. is to achieve a comfort level between the cook/artist/performer and the customer/viewer/diner. And if we can achieve that, and the customers are happy and the cooks are happy, then we have a great experience.” IfsArtistLevelsAchieveComfortCookingCustomersObjectivesCooksPerformersViewersGreat ExperiencesDiners Author:Mario Batali
“Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.” WorldBelieveMaySeemsTogetherArtistCultureI BelieveBreakGraceStonesLeavingCalmGlassesCooksInstillPeacemakerCraftsmanLulls Book:House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East Source: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
“How terribly hard and almost impossible it is to tell the truth. More than anything else, the artist in us prevents us from telling aught as it really happened. We deal with the truth as the cook deals with meat and vegetables.” HardArtistDealsImpossibleHappenedCooksMeatTelling The TruthVegetables Author:Eric Hoffer
“A chef is a chef, a cook is a cook; a lorry driver is a lorry driver and a designer is a designer. I've never heard anyone say that Philippe Starck is a chef. The important thing is dialogue. If I said to Norman Foster that he was a chef he'd say "No", but he might have a dialogue with chefs. People have said to me for many years that I'm not a chef and that I'm an artist instead, but I always say, "No, I'm a chef." I just have dialogues with designers.” PeopleIfsYearsSaidImportantMightArtistHeardImportant ThingsDialogueCooksDesignerDriversChefLorry Author:Ferran Adria
“To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.” WellsEyeJobsUsedArtistTurnsImaginationMistakeBrainTalentPoetPoliticianCookingFighterCooksEmpiresPrizeAssetsClevernessBuilder Author:Anne Ellis