#pre

I travel a lot. If you look at my suitcase, everything is extremely well-packed and well-folded; people who travel with me are impressed at how organized I am. Some would refer to me as a maniac for this. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#everything #extremely #how #i #i am

The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is you're eating. So that goes back to the trend of fine ingredients. It's very Japanese: Preparing good ingredients very simply, without distractions from the flavor of the ingredient itself. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#distractions #eating #fine #flavor #food

Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#big #big cars #cars #everything #had

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#apprenticeship #aspirations #becoming #began #cooking

When new cooks come to work for me, they obviously make mistakes at the beginning or there's some messiness to the presentation. What I always say to them is: 'If you were cooking this for your mother or your girlfriend, would you make those mistakes?' ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#beginning #come #cooking #cooks #girlfriend

I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I realized when I'm feeling sentimental, I'll gently, tenderly press the button. Then when I remember he dumped me, I punch it. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#coffee #dumped #feeling #gently #given

If there's one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that, right or wrong, they hate the press. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#everyone #hate #one thing #press #right

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#deceives #few #few people #good #people

Pretty girls have problems too. ↗

— Chris Rock

#pretty girls #problems #too

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow. ↗