Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
When asking someone for a restaurant recommendation, don’t ask them where is a good place you should eat; ask them where they eat. Where did they eat the last time they ate out?
Kevin Kelly • 50 Years of Travel Tips
There’s a gulf the size of an ocean between adequate and finesse.
Anthony Bourdain • Medium Raw
shiny new Wusthoff knives
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect
- Will Guidara, unreasonable hospitality
"We're not trying to please everybody. We're not cooking for critics. I cook for customers. If I started cooking for critics, I'd probably be really miserable." - David Chang
Designing For Desire
Chef and restaurateur José Andrés told me that ideas happen “when you are actively moving and searching.”
Guy Raz • How I Built This
offset serrated knife.
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
DAURADE ROYALE EN CROÛTE DE SEL Gilthead Bream Cooked in a Salt Crust
Michel Roux Jr. • The French Revolution
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
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