Now the restaurants have begun to catch up with the wine-making there are numerous great restaurants in Napa Valley, and its wonderful because the people are there for just that: great food and great wine. – Thomas Keller
I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me. – Thomas Keller
A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. – Thomas Keller
I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what theyre learning now as a foundation for a great career. – Thomas Keller
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts –the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria –are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy. – Edward Dahlberg