The celebrity-chef thing, even at its worst, its most annoying, its silliest, its goofiest, its most egregious and cynical, has been a good thing. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
I love New York. I’m a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
I’m definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working – if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don’t want my chefs to be cute and adorable. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
What you’re going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that’s what’s on your plate. And I think that’s a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things – and I was sensitive to the possibility that if I was seen taking money for saying nice things about a product, my comments and choices and opinions would become, understandably, suspect. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
I’m a control freak. If you’re going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
Since the very beginning, Emeril’s had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him. Anthony Bourdain Read Quote
