"For me, the cooking life has been..." - Quote by Anthony Bourdain

“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.”

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.”

“I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.”

“This is every cook's opinion -no savory dish without an onion,but lest your kissing should be spoiledyour onions must be fully boiled.”

“Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It won't work. Most cookbooks won't tell you that. They will say make it and it will come out perfectly. They should tell you you're probably going to screw it up the first 10 times you make it.”

“My wife has to be the worst cook. I don't believe meatloaf should glow in the dark”

“The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.”

“None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.”

“Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .”