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"At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant."
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"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

"I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking."

"Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on."

"My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes."

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

"I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't."
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