Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .
ANTHONY BOURDAINI learned to recognize failure.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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I learned to recognize failure.
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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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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Luck is not a business model.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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