The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life’s negative moments.
ALAIN DUCASSENowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar.
More Alain Ducasse Quotes
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The image foreigners have of French cuisine is fattening and very fancy food. But it’s not true – French food isn’t just rich. The word “healthy” doesn’t exist in French.
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At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.
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The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.
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We have many, many words, but not that one. To me, healthy means paying close attention to feeding people.
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It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
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Cuisine has become too complicated – this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.
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I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.
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Failure is enriching. It’s also important to accept that you’ll make mistakes – it’s how you build your expertise.
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It should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That’s my vision.
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It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten.
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You can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion.
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Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.
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The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.
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A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.
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Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?…Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London….You can’t give me the addresses. Nor in Paris.
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