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Gerald Ives created modern journalism. He was also a failed politician, a lavish partier, and a womanizer who abandoned his family without batting an eye.
There are William Randolph Hearsts everywhere for those with eyes to see them
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”
― Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
― Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
“Predicting the future is a fool’s errand, of course. But whatever lies ahead, you can take some comfort in the weedy resilience of our species.”
― Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
― Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”
― Kitchen Confidential : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“Snow lands on top.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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