Charlie Trotter Quotations

Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

I couldnt really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to.

I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

My parents couldnt be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.

Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice soup or boil veggies, you can simply pull the bag out of the freezer.

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.

My fantasy is to have a restaurant where there are no written menus, but where you just ask people, What are you in the mood for? Fish? Meat? White wine?

Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.