I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Learn how to cook a (effing) omelet. I mean, what nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? You… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me...… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be -… — 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
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
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
Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Italy is hard to beat. It's a family-friendly experience, they like to see kids in restaurants, and at dinner you see all… — 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
