No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAINFood had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .
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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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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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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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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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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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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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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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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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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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I learned to recognize failure.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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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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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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Luck is not a business model.
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