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Cooking as Art

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Cooking is an art form, a creative thing. Chefs are artists, they say. But being an artist, I’ve discovered, doesn’t mean you’re any good.

John Lanchester – The Debt to Pleasure
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No Bad Food

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There is no such thing as bad food, only bad chefs.

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Era of Perfectibility

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The defining characteristic of the modern era is perfectibility, the belief that everything can be infinitely improved.

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Luxury vs Chocolate

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It is impossible to overdo luxury. French proverb. No, it is impossible to overdo chocolate.

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Life Becomes Literature

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I had as yet no notion that life every now and then becomes literature not for long, of course, but long enough to be what we best remember.

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Wine and Opera Analogy

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Wine is like opera. You can get very cheap seats, they don’t feel comfortable and the view is restricted but it’s still the same show.

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