And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI learned to recognize failure.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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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 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’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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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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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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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Few 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.
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Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime, Please, treat your garlic with respect.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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