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Anthony Bourdain
Age: 61 †
Born: 1956
Born: June 25
Died: 2018
Died: June 8
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Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.
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The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.
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Never try to get your kid to eat anything she doesn't already want to eat. Just eat interesting stuff in front of her while completely ignoring her. Never, ever suggest try it. Never say those dreaded words try it, it's good. Or worse, It's good for you. That'll poison the well.
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Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef on the rice.
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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.
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I would frankly be shocked if Donald Trump even knows how to use chopsticks or is even able to manipulate them with those tiny little fingers.
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I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking.
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Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever
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I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.
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I love bacon, but I don't think we need it on everything.
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Doing 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.
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Italy is good in the sense that when you bring a child to a restaurant in Italy, they're happy to see it. The waiters will say complimenti and welcome you and dote after the kid. They don't treat you like you just brought in this horrible probably soon-to-be-squealing creature who's going to be difficult.
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your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly not a boy, and it's been a while since I've been a chef.
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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.
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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure
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Cooking breakfast and brunch professionally really kind of ruined breakfast service for me for a long time.
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I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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