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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain, born on June 25, 1956, was an American chef, writer, and television personality. Known for his unique culinary style and exploration of global cuisine, he hosted popular shows such as 'No Reservations' and 'Parts Unknown'. more

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“Todos os comentários devem, por necessidade histórica, referir-se a penetração rectal involuntária, dimensões do pénis, deformações físicas ou maneirismos e defeitos incomodativos. (…) Uma pessoa que se ofenda facilmente com comentários diretos sobre a sua ascendência, as circunstâncias em que nasceu, a sua sexualidade, aparência, ou a menção de que os pais possivelmente fizeram sexo oral com gado bovino, então o mundo da cozinha profissional não é para essa pessoa.”

“Havia uma coisa engraçada; partilhávamos uma frequência de rádio com uma unidade à civil da divisão de crimes de rua do Departamento de Polícia de Nova Iorque, que operava por ali. Estavam sempre a tentar que mudássemos a frequência, mas nós não podíamos, porque usávamos todas as que o nosso equipamento permitia: uma para os gerentes, outra para a cozinha, a terceira como frequência de segurança.”

“We have the right to demand that if we find men against whom there is not only suspicion, but almost a certainty that they have had collusion with men whose interests were in conflict with the interests of the public, they shall, at least, be required to bring positive facts with which to prove there has not been such collusion; and they ought themselves to have been the first to demand such an investigation." -Teddy Roosevelt”

“In the incongruous role of the insurgent party-builder, he made crystal clear the whole host of inferences we have drawn from the experiences of Monroe and Polk: that innovation, however orthodox, is inherently destabilizing; that the purely constructive leadership project is an illusion; that the affiliated leader cannot assume independent ground without ultimately embracing the role of the heretic; that the only way ever to be president in your own right is to become yourself a great repudiator and set yourself directly against the bulwark of received power; that political disruption parallels presidential significance. Roosevelt's insight was not simply that new achievements do not rest securely on old foundations, but that to save the handiwork of his presidency he would have to reconstruct its political base.”