American - Author | June 25, 1956 - June 8, 2018
The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.
Anthony Bourdain
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I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched.
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I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.
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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 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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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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Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.
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I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.
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I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.
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One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture or chef culture that people can look at in a new way.
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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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I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.
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