Author: Charlie Trotter

Quotes

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

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

- Charlie Trotter

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

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

- Charlie Trotter

I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food.

I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food.

- Charlie Trotter

I don't ever want to lose that mind-set where you've got to be able to realize different ideas-slash-fantasies-slash-possibilities in your life.

I don't ever want to lose that mind-set where you've got to be able to realize different ideas-slash-fantasies-slash-possibilities in your life.

- Charlie Trotter

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

- Charlie Trotter

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

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

- Charlie Trotter

I'm really not that comfortable with people. I mean, I love individuals, but I'm not very social.

I'm really not that comfortable with people. I mean, I love individuals, but I'm not very social.

- Charlie Trotter

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

- Charlie Trotter

In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.

In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.

- Charlie Trotter

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