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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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"Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the chaotic and thrilling world of professional kitchens through the eyes of a seasoned chef.

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Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

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I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.

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You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.

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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.

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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you.

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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.

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The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent.

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