by chef Rick Starr » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:23 am
I smoked when I was young and quit cold turkey because I heard smokers over salt there food? I love salt and I didn't want to over season. Now whether that is true I really do not care, but I do know my life is a lot less stressful due to the fact that i am not so antsy to have a camel after the rush. I also think that as you grow older your palette gets stronger, due to the simple fact that your number one recall of memory is taste. The advantage I may have as a chef is the simple fact that I am passionate towards food in a almost perverse way, and I am always searching for quality and new flavors. And in addition have tasted more foodstuffs than the general public. So does smoking make me taste food differently I do not know, but I am healthier due to the fact that I do not smoke and I do not get sick as often so my sense of smell is not effected due to sickness, so it is possible regarding myself to say that no smoking = less stress = less sickness = stronger sense of taste if only for a couple of days a year.
Chef Rick Starr
" Quality is not difficult to achieve if you provide yourself the means."