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
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
“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
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
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
'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
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
Norman Mailer described the desire to be cool as a "decision to encourage the psychopath in oneself, to explore that domain of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I do the meatball recipe a lot. I think the army stew probably too. It's the most useful dish because it was… — Anthony Bourdain Army Copy Share Image
Italy is good in the sense that when you bring a child to a restaurant in Italy, they're happy to see it.… — Anthony Bourdain Children Copy Share Image
On one hand we encourage and allow major pharmaceutical companies to openly hook vast sectors of our population on narcotics, and then… — Anthony Bourdain Company Copy Share Image
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating… — Anthony Bourdain Cafes Copy Share Image
Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
This is the dream of all the world. The dream is to live in Granada. You know, work in the morning, have… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be -… — 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'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
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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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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