I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I admire people who do things that are interesting to them, who don't have a strategy or a master plan or have… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“I've assembled a pretty good collection of mid-'70s New York punk classics on tape: Dead Boys, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Heartbreakers,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“the pernicious spread of raw food continues, and its prodigiously farting adherents continue to multiply. They must be stopped.” — Anthony Bourdain Raw food 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
The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every… — Anthony Bourdain Books 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 America Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that, for years, the restaurant and service industry has been, to a great extent, built on… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“The food that comes in Tuesday is fresh, the station prep is new, and the chef is well rested after a Sunday… — Anthony Bourdain Food Copy Share Image
Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas… — Anthony Bourdain Ballerina Copy Share Image
The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen. She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud… — Anthony Bourdain Age Copy Share Image
Never try to get your kid to eat anything she doesn't already want to eat. Just eat interesting stuff in front of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best… — Anthony Bourdain Advice 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
The world they live in now is in no way the world the Michelin system was set up to evaluate back in… — Anthony Bourdain Business Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten… — 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
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
I'm not going anywhere. I hope. It's been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got… — Anthony Bourdain Adventure Copy Share Image
Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my… — Anthony Bourdain Asia Copy Share Image
Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant… — Anthony Bourdain Business 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 Cooking Copy Share Image
Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps… — Anthony Bourdain Buddhism Copy Share Image
Silly trends don't last long. A lot of this nonsense that pops up, I don't even really pay attention because it'll be… — Anthony Bourdain Attention 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 Chef Copy Share Image
Look, getting bullied in school and coming home crying in the rain and my mom making me a can of Campbell's Tomato… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. — Anthony Bourdain Disaster Copy Share Image
Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else… — Anthony Bourdain Beer Copy Share Image
Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“I had always believed that if somebody who worked with me went home feeling like a jerk for giving their time and… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an… — Anthony Bourdain Animal Copy Share Image
If I'm training I'm cutting weight for a competition. I'm hard. I'm pretty much eating animal protein and that's it. No rice,… — Anthony Bourdain Animal Copy Share Image
Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement… — Anthony Bourdain Chef Copy Share Image
