The Last Chinese Chef Quotes

“Great food needed more than chefs; it needed gourmet diners.”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“The high point of every meal was never the food itself, he taught us, but always the act of sharing it.”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“will not be priced in the stratosphere.”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“by some subtle magic of friendship dividing her burden of news and surprises in half. This was what people did for each other when they were in alliance. It was the blessing of connectedness.”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“led the arrivals back to their private”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“said. And it’s clear, isn’t it? Anyone can”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“shangzuo, the seat of honor facing the door? Who would”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“For someone grieving, cook with chives, ginger, coriander, and rosemary. Theirs is the pungent flavor, which draws grief up and out of the body and releases it into the air.”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef

“Yuan Mei, one of China’s great gourmets, once asked his cook why, since he was so gifted and could produce great delicacies from even the most common ingredients, he chose to stay in their relatively modest household. The cook said, “To find an employer who appreciates one is not easy. But to find one who understands anything about cookery is harder still. So much imagination and hard thinking go into the making of every dish that one may well say I serve up along with it my whole mind and heart.” —LIANG WEI, The Last Chinese Chef”
― Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef