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" In L.A. you live in a big city, but you feel like you're in the countryside. For example, I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything. "

Wolfgang Puck

Live

Swimming

Home

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Wolfgang Puck

Breakfast

Morning

" When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times so you know what you're doing. What I don't tell them, though, is that sometimes I do parties where I'm rushing so much I don't have time to follow my own advice. "

" I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty. "

" I always tell people that they are really the critics. If people come three times a week to your restaurant they are the ones who find something they really love. "

" Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network. "

" Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby food with it. "

" New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place. "

" One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman. "

" I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated. "

" You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.' "

" I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp. "

" There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick. "

" When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing. "

Wolfgang Puck

Meet

People

" It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people. "

" I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes. "

Wolfgang Puck

Work

Restaurant

" You see fewer and fewer chefs who are really big - most stay in shape. "

" I tell everybody the same thing: You have to make every dish so when you taste it, you should remember it when you go home. "

" The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient. "

Wolfgang Puck

Best

Important

" For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place. "

Wolfgang Puck

Cooking

Land

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" Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore. "

" I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe. "

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" If you're cooking for a woman, make a good risotto and a salad. If you don't have time to make desert you can go and buy some macaroons to have afterwards. "

" I think the time of the formal dinners is over. "

" I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting. "

Wolfgang Puck

Grow Up

Grow

" I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens. "