“I've been very careful about what I say yes to and what I say no to. And I think seriously always about... this may be a good idea right now or it may be a lot of money right now, but will it be good for me five years from now? Will it be fun? Will it make me hate myself? I think about all of those things.” ThinkingYearsMayIdeasHateFunFiveRight NowCarefulBe GoodFive YearsGood IdeasLots Of MoneyHate Myself Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I travel 250 days a year. There are chef friends who I only see every couple of years. By conventional standards I'm a bad friend. I'm not there to remember your birthday or to offer you words of support through Twitter. I'm not up on what you're doing in New York because I'm not in New York. I'm not what people call in parenting circles "present."” PeopleYearsRememberSupportNew YorkCoupleOffersStandardsCirclesConventionalChefBad Friend Author:Anthony Bourdain
“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 correct. It's a discipline that takes years and years and years. So, I leave that to the experts.” YearsWellsMeanI CanDisciplineExpertsRiceSushi Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot of my childhood and early adolescence. So when you have an unfulfilled dream like that, when years later you find yourself in a position to make a graphic novel - hell yeah, I'm going to do that.” YearsBookDreamKidsWantedNovelHellChildhoodPositionSeriousDrawsYeahComicFinding YourselfAdolescenceComic BookGraphicCollectorsGraphic NovelsUnfulfilled DreamsHell Yeah Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only to have someone piss all over it.” YearsHardOver ItChef Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people who are much bigger and wider than me. It can be dispiriting at first.” PeopleYearsFirstsKidsGuyFightingCollegeShapesBiggerAthleteFormerWrestler Author:Anthony Bourdain
“The fact of the matter is that, for years, the restaurant and service industry has been, to a great extent, built on the backs of often underpaid immigrants of often dubious legal status.” YearsHas BeensMatterFactsIndustryBuiltRestaurantsImmigrantsDubiousUnderpaidService Industry Author:Anthony Bourdain
“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?” WayNeedsYearsWellsCountryHardAmericaMoralMiddleCrimeIndustryRight NowTaxesWelcomeAcknowledgeMiddle GroundPaying TaxesRefunds Author:Anthony Bourdain
“All of these concoctions that we think are Mexican, are in no way reflective of the deep, incredibly old, complex and sophisticated deep regional cuisine of Mexico. Or the new modern Mexican cuisine, which has really been exploding over the last few years. I think we just have a completely misrepresented view of how good, how complex these flavors are. I think we could learn a lot more. It's a great cuisine that's really moving forward, faster than any other.” ThinkingWayYearsLastsMovingViewsModernComplexesMoving ForwardFasterMexicoSophisticatedFlavorMexicanCuisineExploding Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.” YearsSituationToughTough Situations Author:Anthony Bourdain
“We now have a generation of people who in many cases feel that if they become chefs, they'll get a TV show. They have a signature haircut, a year into the business, or a branding arrangement with a shoe company. I don't really relate to that. I guess this is the world we live in now.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsYearsShowsCompanyCasesGenerationsTvsShoesRelateBrandingChefArrangementsTv ShowsSignaturesHaircuts Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook today, it's what makes me happy. I tend to overcompensate for my long absences when I'm home by cooking and it's therapeutic to me - it's how I express love for my daughter. It felt good to do.” YearsLongHomeTodayFeltDaughterCookingSevenEightAbsenceNineCooksMy DaughterMake Me HappyTherapeuticNine Years Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'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.” YearsWantedChildhoodSeriousDrawsFormerComicNerdCollectors Author:Anthony Bourdain
“If you've ever hauled a 28-pound two-year-old around New York, you'll find that men fold at the knees a lot quicker than women.” IfsMenYearsTwoNew YorkKneesPoundsTwo YearsFoldsTwo Year Olds Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence.” WorldYearsEndsAbleFormAbilityAliveThis WorldAuthorityWeightSentencesSheerChef Author:Anthony Bourdain
“What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your plate. And I think that's a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsNextEatingDecidedSeasonsGood ThingsPotPlatesChefBellyConsensusNext Year Author:Anthony Bourdain
“When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car.” WritingYearsMy OwnBehindsCarTaxesPaidKitchenFurnitureKitchen ConfidentialConfidential Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'm not going anywhere. I hope. It's been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn't have missed it for the world.” WorldYearsLostAdventureBrokenCasualtiesBroken Things Book:Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw Source: Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw
