No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAINAn ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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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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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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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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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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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