CHEF MICHAEL BRUNSON

Great cooking favors the prepared hands.  Jacques Pepin

Some chefs go crazy with one restaurant, and if I had 20, I would go nuts.  Eric Ripert

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.  Julia Child

One of the biggest problems with young chefs is too much addition to the plate. You put cilantro and then tarragon and then olive oil and then walnut oil or whatever. It's too much.  Jacques Pepin

It's wild how chefs have become like rock stars.  Todd English

It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.  Ferran Adria

I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.  Ferran Adria

Just to eat is a gift. Ferran Adria

As long as you remember what you love and why you love it, it will never be far from your heart -

or your plate.  Jose Garces