I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
ANTHONY BOURDAINLuck is not a business model.
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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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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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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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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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Luck is not a business model.
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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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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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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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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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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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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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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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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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