For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.
Thomas KellerThey know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.
Thomas KellerAny job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.
Thomas KellerYou don't know when inspiration is going to come. But you have to be aware of what's going on around you, so that at any moment, when inspiration happens, you're ready for it and you interpret it.
Thomas KellerWith passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when youโve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. Whatโs going to make you treat the asparagus the same? Itโs the desire.
Thomas Keller