Content tagged anthonybourdain

Quotes Collected

... I had my first oyster. Now, this was truly significant event. I remember it like I remember losing my virginity--and in many ways, more fondly. ... We'd … quotes/415

Then, grabbing a saute pan, I burned myself. I yelped out loud, dropped the pan, an order of osso bucco milanese hitting the floor, and as a small red … quotes/386

"Saving for well-done" is a time-honored tradition dating back to cuisine's earliest days: meat and fish cost money. Every piece of cut, fabricated food … quotes/385

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To men, life without veal stock, … quotes/384

Cooking is a craft, I like to think, and a good cook is a craftsman--not an artist. There's nothing wrong with that: the great cathedrals of Europe were … quotes/383

"What is it?" he'd [Bigfoot] tell them on the phone, playing the confused dumbo for a while before the metal jaws clamped shut. "I don't pay quickly … quotes/379

Another class, Oriental Cookery, as I believe it was then called, was pretty funny. The instructor, a capable Chinese guy, was responsible for teaching … quotes/378

Watchwords for fine dining? Tuesday through Saturday. Busy. Turnover. Rotation. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the best nights to order fish in New York. … quotes/377

A three-star Italian chef pal of mine was recently talking about why he--a proud Tuscan who makes his own pasta and sauce from scratch daily and runs … quotes/376

"You are a shit chef!" he [Chef Bernard] would bellow. "I make two cook like you in the toilette each morning! You are deezgusting! A shoemaker! You … quotes/375