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There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.

The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the chef is so much into 'I want to sign that dish and say I am the one who made that dish.'

It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new.

I love vintage and I shop vintage a lot because it's just such great value for money.

I tend to like antique things. Something can be old, but it can be timeless.

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.

I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and been comfortable around, older people. I attribute this to a childhood spent around my grandparents - and even a great-grandparent or two. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.

Authenticity is key.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.