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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINAn ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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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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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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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 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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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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If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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I learned to recognize failure.
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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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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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