I'm sure one of the frustrations of being a Western enthusiast of Japanese food and culture is you're confronted every day with… — Anthony Bourdain Absolute certainty Copy Share Image
In that sense, what a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but… — 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 Discipline 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 America Copy Share Image
I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm a Twitter addict. Jose Andres is a serial tweeter. It's funny to see which chefs have embraced it, and the different… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. If you get lost and you just… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
PETA doesn't want stressed animals to be cruelly crowded into sheds, ankle-deep in their own crap, because they don't want any animals… — Anthony Bourdain Animal Copy Share Image
The biggest empty space, the biggest gap in what should be a premier and always vibrant food scene in America is that… — Anthony Bourdain America Copy Share Image
But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few… — Anthony Bourdain Ability Copy Share Image
If people are eating mostly pickles after many generations, where did that come from? It's reflective of history, often a painful history.… — Anthony Bourdain Communication Copy Share Image
If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Let's at least acknowledge who is working in America right now and what our needs are, as well as the moral question… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm married to an Italian woman, and I used to love cooking Italian at home, because it's one-pot cooking. But my wife… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. — 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
The celebrity-chef thing, even at its worst, its most annoying, its silliest, its goofiest, its most egregious and cynical, has been a… — 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 Chef Copy Share Image
Venezuela is another place I'd like very much to go, which is proving very difficult. I have not been there to make… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made… — Anthony Bourdain 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
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
When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues… — 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
As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on… — Anthony Bourdain Adventure and travel 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 America Copy Share Image
I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“My last semester at Vassar, I'd taken to wearing nunchakus in a strap-on holster and carrying around a samurai sword — that… — 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 mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of… — Anthony Bourdain Children Copy Share Image
“What are our expectations? Which of the things we desire are within reach? If not now, when? and will there be some… — Anthony Bourdain Desire Copy Share Image
I'm certainly dismayed by what I'm seeing now. There's a lot of ugliness of a kind I've never seen in my lifetime,… — Anthony Bourdain Dismayed Copy Share Image
I think that if all kids aspire to reach a point where they could feed themselves and a few of their friends,… — 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 Diet 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
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