I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student. Eric Ripert More Quotes by Eric Ripert More Quotes From Eric Ripert The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Eric Ripert importancereadingdream When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream. I should return that book to the library some day. Eric Ripert librarydreambook Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not only our physical bodies but also our emotional and spiritual lives. Food is truly a cultural phenomenon that informs our traditions and our relationship with the earth. I genuinely believe that food connects us all. Eric Ripert emotionalspiritualbelieve Well, cooking starts with shopping. If the ingredients are not good, you don't do it. Just change your mind and do something else. Eric Ripert changing-your-mindcookingmind For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant. Eric Ripert emotionfeelingsmemories A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all. Eric Ripert guiltpeoplethinking In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while theyre cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot. Eric Ripert cookingideasmoving When you serve lobster, you've taken a being's life away. Therefore if you create a recipe, you have to be very dedicated to elevate the lobster, to make it good and tasty of course, but at the end of the day it's a matter of paying homage. Eric Ripert the-end-of-the-daytakenlobster I love garlic, and I use it often. Eric Ripert garlicuse My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day! Eric Ripert new-yearcuttingyears America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody. Eric Ripert meltingcomfortamerica I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu. Eric Ripert menusrestaurants If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay. Eric Ripert nightclubsmusic-issound We lived in St. Tropez when I was young, and there were a lot of Vietnamese refugees in France at the time, after the war. My mother had many Vietnamese friends who entertained a lot, and she was taught how to make that spring roll. She would make them all the time. Eric Ripert motherspringwar Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables. Eric Ripert fantasticcaliforniavegetables You don't become a chef to become famous. Eric Ripert chef I love eggs. When it's the season of truffles, scrambled eggs with truffles, and I'm happy. I'm smiling like that. Eric Ripert trufflesscrambled-eggseggs I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. Eric Ripert buddhistcollectingshould The fish is the star of the plate. Eric Ripert fishesplatesstars I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family. Eric Ripert farmersmy-familysides
