I want to learn how to cook. Like really fuckng cook. My current job (contry club) isn't really Haute cuisine.  I want to cook like the gods. Like batalli, white, Keller. I have the basic technique down and I'm sure most of the repotoire comes from simply working in a variety of kitchens. But can I get there faster by cooking out of the greats cookbooks, eating at good places? Is that how these guys got their knowledge that to me seems so intrinsic? I know that yet I have no where the ideas to compete on a show such as masterchef, but that's a goal I aspire to reached some day.