“Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.”

— Anthony Bourdain, book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential (2000)
Source: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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Chef and food writer 1956–2018

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“You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away — a man is not a piece of fruit.”

Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman

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“Sometimes when you feed on another’s word you must eat it like a banana – you peel it first.”

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“Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much.”

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“Forgiving's a choice you make—a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away.”

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“Oh, no. Oh, thank you, none of that foreign muck. What? Garlic bread? Garlic bread? Garlic? Bread? Am I hearin' you right? Garlic bread? No, thank you, I've got some milk roll in t'case that'll do me. The toasty loaf. The garlic bread!”

Peter Kay (1973) English writer, producer, actor and comedian

[on foreign food]
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“Well, I suppose I won't see you for a while. So farewell, good luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat ear wax, and look on the bright side of life!”

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