If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors w... -Alain Ducasse

If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it.

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Alain Ducasse is a renowned French chef and restaurateur. He has achieved multiple Michelin stars for his exceptional culinary skills and has been instrumental in elevating French cuisine to new heights. Ducasse's innovative approach to cooking and his dedication to quality and craftsmanship have made him a leading figure in the culinary world.

Alain Ducasse Quotes to Explore

Food is one part of the experience. And it has to be somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the dining experience. But the rest counts as well: The moo...
In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out....
The most classic French dessert around the holidays is the Christmas log, with butter cream. Two flavors. Chocolate and coconut. My first job in the k...
My grandmother did all the cooking at Christmas. We ate fattened chicken. We would feed it even more so it would be big and fat....
If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it....
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great ...
Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive le...
If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virgin olive oil....
TV is a deformed vision, an excessive caricature. A chef has to stay an artisan, not become a star....
For me, the most luxurious place is somewhere that allows you to feel emotions and pleasures....

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My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even ...
Everybody kept saying I wasn't going to get any fights. And they wouldn't put me on TV and they don't respect women's boxing. But I also turned profes...
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them....
A lot of people have that notion that it must have been easier for me because I had the Malik tag. But I don't feel it's right. With due respect to so...
Music is one of the toughest industries, so I respect everybody who has travelled any distance, come far in this music business and achieved anything ...
People are entitled to their opinions and can do what they want to do, but just a little bit of respect goes a long way....
I've seen some terrible plays, but I generally enjoy myself. One play I walked out of, I have a tremendous respect for the author. That was Robert Wil...
The thing about boxers is that there's respect there. You beat me, and I may not like it, but you know what, deep down inside, I respect you. And that...
Undertaker certainly is a cornerstone of WWE, and just as I say to myself that I really would have liked to been able to get to know and certainly get...
We weren't the Temptations, but when we came out onstage, the people always gave us a special respect because our songs were of an inspirational quali...