The Pasha of Cuisine Quotes

“There's no such thing as forgetting. No matter how hard you try, you only think you've forgotten, and over time the things you think you have forgotten emerge again under another guise and tear into your soul. Understand this: whoever says they have forgotten have merely condemned themselves to an endless repetition of the same event until the end of their lives.”
― Saygın Ersin, Pir-i Lezzet!

“Most people don't realize this, but every taste is related to a memory or an emotion. Flavors are part of a person's past, and are the translation of emotion into another language.”
― Saygın Ersin, Pir-i Lezzet!

“In those days, he was so naive that he didn't realize that many of our woes are imaginary and the chains we forge for ourselves become heavier the longer we carry them.”
― Saygın Ersin, Pir-i Lezzet!

“That was how the cook discovered that the worst kind of shame arises not from what you do or what you fail at, but from what you don't carry out to completion.”
― Saygın Ersin, The Pasha of Cuisine