Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Quotes.

1. "your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

2. "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."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

3. "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

4. "Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

5. "I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure"
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

6. "Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever"
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

7. "Don't touch my dick, don't touch my knife."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

8. "To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

9. "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, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

10. "Good food is very often, even most often, simple food."
- Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly