Charlie Trotter
Charlie Trotter
Charles "Charlie" Trotterwas an American chef and restaurateur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth8 September 1959
CityWilmette, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner at the same time.
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I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.
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In a time when it is common for chefs to simply reproduce the innovations of others, the few who speak for themselves through their food become the skilled artists of their time.
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At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.
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A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.
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I don't want to turn 50 and say, 'Gosh, I wish I'd lived in that part of the world for a time. I wish I'd read that book by Faulkner.' I want time to delve back into Thoreau and Kafka.
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My plan is to work on a master's in philosophy.
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We said, 'We've got to write his book for him,'
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You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right.
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I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.
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As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.
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To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.
life
If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.
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In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.