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" I find myself hoping I can get on a TV show, and then people from Oklahoma will come to my restaurant. Then I'll be able to make enough money to open my own place. "

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

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" I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information. "

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" I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.' "

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" I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time. "

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" My father always said, 'If you love what you do, you won't mind slogging through it for several hours a day.' "

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" Food is ever-changing and ever moving forward and getting more and more complex. "

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" If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught. "

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" I used to sleep with the phone right by my pillow but I'm getting better. Now it sits on the table a few feet away. "

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" For me no good food is illuminated without acidity. "

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" It's amazing the relationships you forge in a kitchen. When you cooperate in an environment that's hot. Where there's a lot of knives. You're trusting your well-being with someone you've never before met or known. "

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" I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s. "

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" My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents cook that really served as the impetus for my career choice. "

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