Bourdain Quotes

“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“We knew well how much these people were paying for cocaine - and that the more coke cost, the more people wanted it. We applied the same market plan to our budding catering operation, along with a similar pricing structure, and business was suddenly very, very, good.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“It was not a pretty sight, all these pale, gangly, pimpled youths, in a frenzy of hunger and sexual frustration, shredding bread.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“When it comes to food, by Bourdain standards, I’m no connoisseur. I don’t eat fetal duck eggs and describe them as delicious.”
― Carol Vorvain, OMSARUZ: Humorous tales from Oman, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan