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 BOURDAINThe 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’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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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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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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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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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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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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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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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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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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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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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