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Television In The '80s Was Very Limited. There Was No Food Network.

Television In The '80s Was Very Limited. There Was No Food Network. When I Opened Spago, I Had The Kitchen In The Dining Hall. It Was Probably The First Restaurant To Do So. The Dining Scene Became More Casual. All These Cooking Shows Have Transformed Our Profession One-hundred Percent.

I Won't Quit My Day Job. I Like Restaurants. I Don't Do A Lot Of Television, Either, Even Though People Come To Me With Projects All The Time. I Have To Spend Time In The Kitchen.

The Only Way To Teach People How To Truly Do It And Do It The Right Way, Is To Get Those Ingredients And Kitchen Tools In Front Of Them And In Their Hands To Use.

Thirty-five Years Ago, Being A Cook Was The Same As Being A Used-car Salesman.