Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
ANTHONY BOURDAINThe way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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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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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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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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I learned to recognize failure.
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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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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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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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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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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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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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.
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