I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
ANTHONY BOURDAINGarlic 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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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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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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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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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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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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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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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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 could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Luck is not a business model.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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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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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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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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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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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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