Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
ANTHONY BOURDAINThe idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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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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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Luck is not a business model.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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