32 Yolks

by Eric Ripert

Be cocky if you feel like it. We only get one shot at this life, so why not float like a butterfly and sting like a bee?

But nothing she said could temper the love that I had for my father.

there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he wrapped me in his arms as if it was Christmas morning and I was the best gift imaginable.

For Jacques, it was imperative that he choose which customers had the privilege of dining in the restaurant. For him, inviting guests into his restaurant was more intimate than inviting them into his own home.

you don’t give shitty food to the staff.

If a cook today tells me he ruined his hollandaise, I can tell him at exactly what step he went wrong, because I’ve ruined it in every possible way.

Apologies were never accepted, and they never fixed things.