I did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at around 600 pounds, which… — Anthony Bourdain Brazil Copy Share Image
I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered.… — Anthony Bourdain Children 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 believe - to the best of my recollection, anyway - that I soon made the classic error of moving from margaritas… — 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 Delight Copy Share Image
I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of… — Anthony Bourdain Day 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
To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things -… — Anthony Bourdain Choices Copy Share Image
They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college… — Anthony Bourdain Alcohol Copy Share Image
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence,… — Anthony Bourdain Affair 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 Advertising Copy Share Image
Free time is my enemy. I recognized early on I'm not a guy who should have a lot of time to contemplate… — 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
I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“And I’m not going to tell you here how to live your life. I’m just saying, I guess, that I got very… — Anthony Bourdain Business 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
Where once they used to say, 'Cocaine is God's way of saying you have too much money' - now, maybe EDM is.… — Anthony Bourdain Cocaine 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 Asia Copy Share Image
One of my few virtues - I don't have a lot of them - would be a deep sense of curiosity. I'm… — Anthony Bourdain Character Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do. — 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 Adults Copy Share Image
The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage. — Anthony Bourdain Dream Copy Share Image
