I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
If I were trapped in one city and had to eat one nation's cuisine for the rest of my life, I would… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Food is so personal - I mean someone is talking to you when people are cooking for you. I like to hear… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?' — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Early moralists who believed that taking too much pleasure at the table led inexorably to bad character-or worse, to sex-were (in the… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Anything that improves people's expectations of a meal is good for the world. Anything that weans even one kid or one adult… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
It's wrong I think, morally and annoying in general, to try to get a kid to be a foodie, so I never… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
A proper saute pan should cause serious head injury if brought down hard against someone else's skull. If you have any doubts… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Margarine? That's not food. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? I can. If you're planning on using margarine in anything, you can… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Italy is good in the sense that when you bring a child to a restaurant in Italy, they're happy to see it.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think it's important if you're going to write a cookbook, it should sound like you talking - it should be things… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
My wife was easy because she trains [jiu-jitsu] all the time. She's pretty much on a completely different diet. I always just… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
What is left of the poor? Try to buy a fresh f**king vegetable in West Baltimore. It is a not completely inconceivable… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Really annoys me any time I see Asian fusion too. Asia is a big place; which Asian are you talking about? You… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It won't work. Most cookbooks… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Get up early and go to the local produce markets. In Latin America and Asia, those are usually great places to find… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
For their own good, vegetarians should never be allowed near fine beers and ales. It will only make them loud and belligerent,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great! — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get sushi rice… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
“What’s the most frightening thing to a child? The pain of being the outsider, of looking ridiculous to others, of being teased or picked… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
“I saw how three or four ingredients, as long as they are of the highest and freshest quality, can be combined in a straightforward… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally limited to… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
You realize after you travel enough that there's some things that, no matter how good you are at making television, no matter how good… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
“Imagine… There’s a roast goose in Hong Kong—Mongkok, near the outskirts of the city, the place looks like any other. But you sink your… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
“The essence of cool, after all, is not giving a fuck. And let’s face it: I most definitely give a fuck now. I give… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
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