Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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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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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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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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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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Luck is not a business model.
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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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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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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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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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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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