Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
ANTHONY BOURDAINPeople confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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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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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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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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I learned to recognize failure.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
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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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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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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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