The Year of Eating Dangerously Quotes

“On the flight back from Korea, somewhere between the silicone implant chicken and the latest Jennifer Lopez shitefest, I try to make sense of my Korean experience.”
― Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes

“I'd seen more menace in a Care Bear.”
― Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes

“At this point, I see the unfortunate recipient of this impromptu history lecture begin to doze and I move on to my next unwilling victim.”
― Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes

“The link between beast and plate was always made clear, in very unsentimental terms; all the creatures on the farm were for milking or eating, save Humphrey, an overweight and irritable sheep who had escaped the abattoir though pure strength of character. Cruelty to any beast was unthinkable and still remains one of the most important lessons I learned; if we eat meat, we must ensure it was raised in the most humane way possible.”
― Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes