Anthony Bourdain on food
Anthony Bourdain52 quotes“You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.”
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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain I’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain I learned to recognize failure.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Selling out is getting a job.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Good food and good eating are about risk.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll Say yes to everything. ‘You want me to buy you some food?’ Yes. ‘You want me to buy you a car?’ Yes.
Cardi BCardi B One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
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