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. Anthony Bourdain callcookcraft share on social
Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent. Anthony Bourdain completelyindulgentphenomenon Change image and share on social
I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime. Anthony Bourdain anytimeopinionunload Change image and share on social
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. Anthony Bourdain badeasyeffort Change image and share on social
I think that if all kids aspire to reach a point where they could feed themselves and a few of their friends, this would be good for the world surely. Anthony Bourdain aspirefeedfriend Change image and share on social
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. Anthony Bourdain boreinterestmisery Change image and share on social
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. Anthony Bourdain childhoodcollectorcomic Change image and share on social
Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone... Bad food is fake food... food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives. Anthony Bourdain abilitybadchef share on social
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. Anthony Bourdain 40scarconfidential Change image and share on social
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. Anthony Bourdain abuseannoybeef share on social