I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers. Anthony Bourdain More Quotes by Anthony Bourdain More Quotes From Anthony Bourdain Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. Anthony Bourdain cooking food enemy There's always this assumption that you're going to get everything right immediately. And any professional understands that that's just not so. Anthony Bourdain assumption The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you. Anthony Bourdain grandma people thinking As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business. Anthony Bourdain pleasure chef It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and whats happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there - with your eyes open - and lived to see it. Anthony Bourdain eye reality travel Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your garlic with respect...Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic. Anthony Bourdain lazy oil cost Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later. Anthony Bourdain legs crutches thinking They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table. Anthony Bourdain russia college thinking I urge you to travel - as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Anthony Bourdain kitchen-confidential sleep travel I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.' Anthony Bourdain guy jesus thinking I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing. Anthony Bourdain opinion feel-good hurt One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing. Anthony Bourdain truth-is terrible guy For their own good, vegetarians should never be allowed near fine beers and ales. It will only make them loud and belligerent, and they lack the physical strength and aggressive nature to back up any drunken assertions. Anthony Bourdain ale drinking beer [When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted and advantages squandered. Anthony Bourdain regret hurt opportunity Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way. Anthony Bourdain majority cities thinking Good food and good eating are about risk. Anthony Bourdain good-food risk eating I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy. Anthony Bourdain tomatoes vines ideas Always was Morocco. And recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it in all its ill-reputed glory. The days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. Hippies can just as easily get their bong riffs in Portland or Peoria. But the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of Tangier -- what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in -- that's here to stay. Anthony Bourdain real hippie country Let's at least acknowledge who is working in America right now and what our needs are, as well as the moral question of somebody who's been here 20 years, paying taxes to which they probably do not receive a refund, and not committing any crimes, working hard, and supporting an industry. Shouldn't there be some middle ground here? Shouldn't there be a way for them to be welcome in this country? Anthony Bourdain country america years When you have a child you're no longer the star of the movie. Anthony Bourdain stars children
