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“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“I was now a graduate of the best cooking school in the country – a valuable commodity on the open market – I had field experience, a vocabulary and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“That chef was right: messy station equals messy mind.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“If a restaurant is known for steak, and doesn’t seem to be doing much business, how long do you think those few orders of clams and mussels and lobster and fish have been sitting in the refrigerator, waiting for someone like you to order it? The key is rotation. If the restaurant is busy, and you see bouillabaisse flying out the kitchen doors every few minutes, then it’s probably a good bet.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly