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My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Now the restaurants have begun to catch up with the wine-making; there are numerous great restaurants in Napa Valley, and it's wonderful because the people are there for just that: great food and great wine. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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No, it's funny, when I eat out it's not typically in the kind of restaurants people might imagine. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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