The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
ANTHONY BOURDAINThis, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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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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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Our movements through time and space seem somehow trivial compared to a heap of boiled meat in broth, the smell of saffron, garlic, fishbone, and Pernod.
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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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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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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.
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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.
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