01c. 1987 ADI'm asked a lot what the best thing about cooking for a living is. And it's this: to be a part of a subculture. To be part of a historical continuum, a secret society with its own language and customs. To enjoy the instant gratification of making something good with one's hands--using all one's senses. It can be, at times, the purest and most unselfish way of giving pleasure (thought oral sex has to be a close second).Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
02c. 1987 ADSo I didn't have time to craft artful lies and evasions even if I'd wanted to.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
03c. 1987 ADGarlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime. Old garlic, burnt garlic, garlic cut too long ago and garlic that has been tragically smashed through one of those abominations, the garlic press, are all disgusting. Please treat your garlic with respect. Sliver it for pasta, like you saw in Goodfellas; don't burn it. Smash it, with the flat of your knife blade if you like, but don't put it through a press. I don't know what that junk is that squeezes out the end of those things, but it ain't garlic. And try roasting garlic. It gets mellower and sweeter if you roast it whole, still on the clove, to be squeezed out later when it's soft and brown. Nothing will permeate your food more irrevocably and irreparably than burnt or rancid garlic. Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screw-top jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
04c. 1987 ADGarlic 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 / quote ↗
05c. 1987 ADI am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
06c. 1987 ADDon't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. EverAnthony Bourdain / quote ↗
07c. 1987 ADI Like this quote I dislike this quote“My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
08c. 1987 ADI, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
09c. 1987 ADNo one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
11c. 1987 ADHe doesn't yearn for a better, different life than the one he has - because he knows he's got a home in this one.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
12c. 1987 ADThey'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 / quote ↗
13c. 1987 ADThere’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
14c. 1987 AD[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 / quote ↗
15c. 1987 ADSince the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
16c. 1987 ADDoing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
17c. 1987 ADThe fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city's biggest strength, and it is Toronto's unique strength.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
18c. 1987 ADI don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
19c. 1987 ADI'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
20c. 1987 ADYou know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
21c. 1987 ADBad 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 food is fake food... food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
22c. 1987 ADNobody in Singapore drinks Singapore Slings. It's one of the first things you find out there. What you do in Singapore is eat. It's a really food-crazy culture, where all of this great food is available in a kind of hawker-stand environment.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
23c. 1987 ADHong Kong is a wonderful, mixed-up town where you've got great food and adventure. First and foremost, it's a great place to experience China in a relatively accessible way.Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
24c. 1987 ADAnyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'Anthony Bourdain / quote ↗
