“I think we should increase the minimum wage and I think $15 is a good beginning.” Quote by Anthony Bourdain
“I think we should be honest about who is working in our kitchens.” ThinkingShouldHonestBeing HonestKitchen 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
“If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to cook in their restaurants. They're having an enormous, countrywide problem here staffing their operations.” PeopleIfsProblemAmericaAsksRight NowFindingsEnormousCooksOperationsRestaurantsChefStaffing 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
“On one hand we encourage and allow major pharmaceutical companies to openly hook vast sectors of our population on narcotics, and then we cut them off and throw them in jail, and moralize about it. It is clearly a huge, huge, and growing problem. It's devastating. We need to treat it as a health crisis, which it is, and stop moralizing.” NeedsProblemHandsCompanyCuttingGrowingHugeMajorsTreatsCrisisPopulationJailHookPharmaceuticalNarcoticsPharmaceutical CompaniesMoralizing Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Venezuela is another place I'd like very much to go, which is proving very difficult. I have not been there to make a show and I'd like to, very much.” ShowsDifficultProveVenezuela Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American food.” InterestExplosionsKoreanReally HappyHybridAmerican FoodKorean Food Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'm really happy to see Filipino cuisine starting to really take hold outside of the Pinoy community.” CommunityStartingReally HappyCuisineFilipino Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Silly trends don't last long. A lot of this nonsense that pops up, I don't even really pay attention because it'll be gone in a flash.” LongLastsPayAttentionGonePopsSillyPay AttentionNonsenseTrendsFlash Author:Anthony Bourdain
“[Vice chairman of Barbour] Helen [Barbour] and I realized that I come from the same village that her ancestor John Barbour came from, who created Barbour. It just seemed like such a great connection.” ConnectionsVicesI RealizedVillageAncestorChairmanHelen Author:Sam Heughan