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" Monkeys don't enjoy or appreciate flavours. Experts have told us that human beings are the only beings that can appreciate food at this higher level and the only living beings that cook. "

Ferran Adria

Food

Human

Living

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" If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood sausage. "

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" We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food. "

" I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary. "

" I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages. "

" In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu. "

" I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple. "

" When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food. "

" I never even dreamed of being a chef, and that's fundamental. "

" I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi. "

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" I don't worry about the things I can't change. "

" Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers. "

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