He doesn’t yearn for a better, different life than the one he has – because he knows he’s got a home in this one.
ANTHONY BOURDAINSkills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime, Please, treat your garlic with respect.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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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.
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To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
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The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
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I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .
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I learned to recognize failure.
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