Quotes by Chefs

Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients. Nobu Matsuhisa

Art Be Happy Happy Cheap Forced Chefs Artists Ingredients Use

I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot. Nobu Matsuhisa

Me Cooking Mother She Lot Child Influenced Used Watch

Shellfish is better to buy live. In the U.S., because we eat oysters and clams raw, it is very important that they are alive before we prepare them. It's important to look for a closed shell. If a clam is alive, the shell will be closed. Never buy clams if the shell is open. Nobu Matsuhisa

Buy Better Will Important Before Closed Live Alive Eat Never Open Raw Look Because Shell Very Them Prepare

Of course the Japanese and Peruvian fish are different, but it's the same Pacific Ocean. They are different, but I know fish. Nobu Matsuhisa

Ocean Know Course Fish Same Different Pacific Pacific Ocean Japanese

I can live without a computer. My assistant checks my e-mails. Nobu Matsuhisa

Live Computer Checks Without Assistant

I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world. Nobu Matsuhisa

Cooking World Old Restaurants Over Years Now Started

When I'm in L.A., I go to Spago because the chef is a friend of mine. Nobu Matsuhisa

Mine Because Chef Go Friend

Eating a lot on the plane is not good for jet lag. Nobu Matsuhisa

Good Jet Eating Lot Lag Plane

I exercise every morning, no matter what. Sometimes it's tough to do right when you get off the plane, but after ten minutes you start sweating, and you always feel better. Nobu Matsuhisa

In the morning and the end of every day, I thank that I'm alive. Nobu Matsuhisa

Day Morning Every Day Every Alive End Thank

Cooking is like fashion. Always, I like to try to change. If I'm traveling in a different country - to Australia, the Bahamas, Budapest, Moscow - and I see a new ingredient, I like to try it in a new dish. Nobu Matsuhisa

Fashion Change Cooking Try Country See Budapest Bahamas New Moscow Like Always Australia Different Dish Ingredient Traveling

Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there. Nobu Matsuhisa

Home Wife Angeles Daughters Los Los Angeles Up Growing Growing Up Two

I travel all over the world, usually 10 months out of the year. I stay at a lot of hotels, and the ones I like best are clean and not complicated. You go to bed and say, 'Wow, I feel comfortable.' Nobu Matsuhisa

In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects. Nobu Matsuhisa

Own Aggressive Projects Those About My Own Pursuing Line Japan

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting. Nobu Matsuhisa

Great Phones Money Few Distractions Outdoors Some Bet Like Am Friends Close Close Friends Golf Loves Interesting Keep Play Chance

In Tokyo, we have more three-star Michelin restaurants than Paris. Nobu Matsuhisa

Restaurants More Paris Than Tokyo

If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine. Padma Lakshmi

You Phone Soil Wine Picture Easy About Drink Take Lead Like Learn Another Label Just Where Your Now Why

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity. Padma Lakshmi

Food Together Simple First Blessed Goddess Only Purity Foods Dividing Divinity Also Came Children Lemon Associate