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When You'd Get A Note From Someone, The Government, It Meant Something Was Wrong. This Was The Way It Was. Just Goes To Show You The Way That Being A Chef Has Changed, You Know - Being On The Bottom Of The Social Scale And Now Being What We Are, It's Incredible, It's Terrific.

I Have An Immigrant Story. Most People Come Here For Economic Reasons, Or Religious Reasons, Or Racial Reasons, Or Gender Reasons, Or One Of Those Things. I Had A Good Job In Paris, But America Was, And Still Is, The Golden Fleece. And I've Done Very Well!

Fortunately, I Knew The Cardinal Rule Of Getting On With One's Fellow Cooks. It Applies In Any Kitchen And Can Be Summed Up In Two Short Words: Bust Ass.

When You Become A Good Cook, You Become A Good Craftsman, First. You Repeat And Repeat And Repeat Until Your Hands Know How To Move Without Thinking About It.

Cooking Is The Art Of Adjustment.