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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINHe 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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Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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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 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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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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I learned to recognize failure.
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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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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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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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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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