#rant

Fifteen years ago, France was the promised land of cooking. So I looked at a map, found five restaurants and faxed them to ask for a job. Within five minutes, I got a reply from the then three- star Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#ask #cooking #des #fifteen #five

I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#i do #only #other #restaurant #things

I think that in our part of the world, Scandinavia, we are one of the pioneers of showing that gastronomy can be something - high gastronomy can be something very, very present and doesn't have to involve, you know, what is perceived as the normal luxury items that belong in a high gastronomy restaurant. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#high #i #i think #involve #items

In my home I tend to eat a very simple version of what we cook at the restaurant, which is vegetable-oriented, with a little bit of fish and very little meat. For instance, a dish in my home could be steamed spinach with spruce, where I take a spruce branch and put it in the pot and that infuses into the spinach. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#branch #cook #could #dish #eat

The restaurant industry is brutal. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#industry #restaurant

In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#five #grown #hit #immigrant #increase

There's a lot we can do to improve American's retirement security, but it's wrong to replace the guaranteed benefit that Americans have earned with a guaranteed benefit cut of forty percent or more. ↗

— Harry Reid

#benefit #cut #earned #forty #guaranteed

I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#effective #even #frankly #how #i

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#curb #driver #empty #empty space #hydrant

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant. ↗

— Oscar de la Renta

#full #i #light #like #things