And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
ANTHONY BOURDAINFew 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.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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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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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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 could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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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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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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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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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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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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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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