This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

I don't think you could have a 7 with a manual. But I can't see having a BMW sports sedan without a manual.

Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.