I learned to recognize failure.
ANTHONY BOURDAINIt’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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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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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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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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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.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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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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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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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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