Look, getting bullied in school and coming home crying in the rain and my mom making me a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup with some oysterettes. It was comfort food; that is what food should be. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone... Bad… — 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
