Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
ANTHONY BOURDAINContext and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI learned to recognize failure.
ANTHONY BOURDAINPerhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
ANTHONY BOURDAINThis, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINThe journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
ANTHONY BOURDAINYour body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
ANTHONY BOURDAINCream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
ANTHONY BOURDAINOur 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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINAnd chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI’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 BOURDAINOnly desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
ANTHONY BOURDAINDon’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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