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" What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? "

Anthony Bourdain

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" I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy. "

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Looking Forward

" 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. "

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" I don't snack. I don't generally eat sweets or drink soda. I never eat between meals or even before big ones. "

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" In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as if I were writing, although I wasn't actually doing any writing. "

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" If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business. "

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" People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get. "

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" If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog. "

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" Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. "

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" I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing. "

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" I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't need sauce. I know he doesn't even want you to pour sauce. And I've seen customers come in and do that, and I've seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I've seen him die a little inside. "

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" Get up early and go to the local produce markets. In Latin America and Asia, those are usually great places to find delicious food stalls serving cheap, authentic and fresh specialties. "

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" I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff. "

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" I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective. "

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" In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. "

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" You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens. "

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" Hong Kong is a wonderful, mixed-up town where you've got great food and adventure. First and foremost, it's a great place to experience China in a relatively accessible way. "

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" I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants. That would be a misery to me. "

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" I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books. "

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" Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start. "

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" 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. "

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" I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. "

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" I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even come close to reproducing it. It is perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth. "

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" I'm a Twitter addict. Jose Andres is a serial tweeter. It's funny to see which chefs have embraced it, and the different paths they take. "

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" The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're nurturing them, you're providing sustenance - it was never pure. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" My brain and body and nervous system, they see a plane ride, a long plane trip, as an opportunity to sleep with nothing coming in, nothing to do. I just go offline the minute I'm on the plane. "

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" I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers. "

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" I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to be cute and adorable. "

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