three-star vanity

I am glad that gordon ramsay's magnum opus, "three-star chef," comes with not one, but two ribbon placeholders. the first, perhaps, to mark your favourite picture of gordon (and there are many to choose from: I lost count after fifty or so shots of him fondling meat and caressing artichokes) and the second to save your favourite hyperbolic ramsay quote. I am torn between "three-star cooking is the most dangerous thing I know", set dramatically against a background of well-used pans, and "every filet of beef, every saddle of hare, every basket of truffles is a fight you have to win. you're up against yourself every time," which has been luxuriously typed over a pornographic closeup of what looks like kobe beef. HOW DO YOU FIGHT A BASKET OF TRUFFLES?

p.s. I do note that thomas keller gives ramsay a good run for his money with his melodramatic "respect for food is a respect for life, for what we are and what we do." what does that even mean?