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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINContext 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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Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Luck is not a business model.
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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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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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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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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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