Reem’s is a place where you can imagine a different way for the world to run, where those in the margins are at the center. - Reem Assil

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If cooking is what you love, do it with great vigor, pride, and excellence. It pleases me when I see guests conversing, noshing, happy and satisfied. I savor all the flavors of life. - Kai Chase

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I started cooking professionally because I had hit a point in my life where I was just sort of lost and cooking was something I had always loved and so I grabbed onto it. - Amanda Cohen

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What motivates me is to leave a legacy. We need to learn to educate people and set an example. - Cristina Martínez

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We’ve been told numerous times that our cooking is 'feminine,' which people always intend as a compliment. We’re happy to be identified with femaleness, as strong and proud women, but the masculine/feminine binary has no legitimate place in culinary expression or its criticism. It’s an artificial construct we’d be happy to see done away with. - Sarah Kramer & Sarah Hymanson

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Cooking is the ultimate giving. - Jamie Oliver

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If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. - Lee Iacocca

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When I create any dish, literally the first thing I think of is, what is the purpose behind this dish? Why am I putting this ingredient in it? - Esther Choi

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What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have. - Ferran Adria

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To become a doctor, you need to go to medical school. To become a lawyer, you need a J.D. But to become a chef, you just put your time in at restaurants and learn by doing. - Caroline Schiff

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