"A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe."
"I wonder if I love the communal act of eating so much because throughout my childhood, with four older brothers and a mom who worked in the restaurant business, I spent a lot of time fending for myself, eating alone - and recognizing how eating together made all the difference."
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Source: Thomas Keller (2016). “Bouchon”, p.2, Artisan Books
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