Charlie Trotter Hard Quotations

I'm not trying to become the spokesman for this kind of thing, but you've got to look hard and close at this,

As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.

It's a lot harder to get people to 'ooh' and 'aah' over beets and carrots than it is to get them to 'ooh' and 'aah' over artichokes or asparagus, and I enjoy being able to take these humble, 'lowbrow' foodstuffs up a few notches and serve them with great exuberance.