“I'm a risk taker and I've always been like that, especially when it comes to fashion.” Quote by Christina Aguilera
“The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It's completely pointless.” WayShouldRealUsedUnderstandingProductsTerribleRidiculousPointlessAnnoyedBeefHamburgersCraze Author:Anthony Bourdain
“There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military.” PeopleWayPersonsHomeCertainFoundMilitaryTypeRestaurantsChaoticDisorganizedRestaurant Business Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It actually takes quite an effort to make poor linguine pomodora.” StuffPoorEffortEasierPastaBad StuffBad Food Author:Anthony Bourdain
“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.” IfsThinkingWayAsksAnswersCitiesMajorityChefTokyo 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
“When I'm doing a book tour in the States, I'll wake up in the room sometimes in an anonymous chain hotel, and I don't know where I am right away. I'll go to the window, and it doesn't help there either, especially if you're in an anonymous strip and it's the usual Victoria's Secret, Gap, Chili's, Applebee's.” IfsKnowsBookSometimesStatesHelpingRoomsSecretWindowWake UpChainsHotelGapsUsualVictoriaChiliVictoria's Secret Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.” MayEndsLosesResultsAccidentsRageDriversUnwantedRoad RageHonking Author:Rahul Dravid
“You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat in the smallest areas.” IfsSaidStuffAmountAreasArgumentSmallestMaximumSingaporeHong KongTokyoImpeccable Author:Anthony Bourdain
“You'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I'd probably want to die in San Sebastian.” WantHardDiesChoicesGivenFindingsHard TimesWanting To DieBarcelonaHub Author:Anthony Bourdain