Great cooking favors the prepared hands.
Jacques PepinRead
You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becomes part of yourself. I certainly don't cook the same way I did 40 years ago, but the technique remains. And that's what the student needs to learn: the technique.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Mastering a skill requires constant practice and adherence to foundational techniques.
This quote by Jacques Pepin emphasizes the necessity of repetition in mastering culinary skills. Although one's approach may evolve over time, the foundational techniques remain crucial, especially for students who must learn these fundamentals to build their expertise and creativity in the kitchen.
Themes
PracticeTechniqueCookingMasteryLearning
In practice
Example use cases
In a culinary class, a teacher might use this quote to inspire students to embrace repetition in their practice.
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Children never lie...I remember my daughter standing in her crib the first time I gave her caviar. I put it on bread. She ate it and said, "Encore, Papa."
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