“One of the things that helped me a lot as I was starting out in my career was that I got myself to France and Europe and California, and spent time immersing myself in those culinary traditions. I'd encourage future chefs to dive into whatever culture most excites them, and that they want to cook.” WantCultureCareersEuropeTraditionStartingFranceCooksCaliforniaCulinaryChefStarting Out Author:Rick Tramonto
“We reject certain food because it is rotten. Certain food we can see is fresh. But there is this creative space between fresh food and rotten food where most of human culture's most prized delicacies and culinary achievements exist.” HumansCertainCultureSpaceCreativeAchievementRejectsCulinaryRottenDelicacySpace BetweenFresh FoodCreative Space Author:Sandor Katz
“I like to say, Chop sueys the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another, because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means tsap sui, which, if you translate back, means odds and ends.” IfsMeanEndsCultureJokesChineseCulinaryOddsTranslateOdds And Ends Author:Jennifer Lee