Mark

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”
― Robert Tew

“Cooking is a craft, I like to think, and a good cook is a craftsman — not an artist. There's nothing wrong with that: the great cathedrals of Europe were built by craftsmen — though not designed by them. Practicing your craft in expert fashion is noble, honorable and satisfying.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“Our movements through time and space seem somehow trivial compared to a heap of boiled meat in broth, the smell of saffron, garlic, fishbones and Pernod.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook