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If I Want Popularity, I Go To A Chef's Convention.

Risk Is The Sort Of Word That Is Easy To Discuss Upfront But Tough To Handle When It Comes Time To Pay The Piper. There Will Always Be Some Who Wimp Out And Second-guess When The Pain Hits, But That Is A Childish Reaction.

Food, Like Anything Else, Lives In The Physical World And Obeys The Laws Of Physics. When You Whisk Together Some Oil And A Little Bit Of Lemon Juice - Or, In Other Words, Make Mayonnaise - You Are Using The Principles Of Physics And Chemistry. Understanding How Those Principles Affect Cooking Lets You Cook Better.

The New Revolution In Cooking Can Be Viewed In Two Ways. One Is That You Can Take Any Traditional Food And Apply Modern Techniques. The Other Approach Is To Create Food That Is Quite Different Than Anything That Has Existed Before.

One Of The Things That I Love To Do Is Travel Around The World And Look At Archaeological Sites. Because Archaeology Gives Us An Opportunity To Study Past Civilizations, And See Where They Succeeded And Where They Failed. Use Science To, You Know, Work Backwards And Say, 'well, Really, What Were They Thinking?'