Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
ANTHONY BOURDAINContext and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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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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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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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport – would never do it and don’t like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it’s fine.
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Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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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 don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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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.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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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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