He brought the flavors from across the world into our homes, taught us how to EXPLORE life.
One of the most genuine people on earth, Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef who hosted CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” was found dead on Friday morning by suicide.
This is a wakeup call for all of us.. and why we need to open up ourselves and be more receptive to what’s around.
Being a remarkable host and chef, Anthony was also a prolific writer. He will be missed by us..
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Remembering him and some of his wisest words
โTravel isnโt always pretty. It isnโt always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But thatโs okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
โI don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain
โyour body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
โIf youโre twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel โ as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them โ wherever you go.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
โSkills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain
โMaybe thatโs enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.
-Anthony Bourdainโ
โIf I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody.
Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain
โAssume the worst. About everybody. But donโt let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldnโt prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining.โ
โ from โKitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbellyโ
โI donโt have an agenda, but I do have a point of view, and it might change from minute to minute.โ
– Anthony Bourdain
โ[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted and advantages squandered.โ
โ from โKitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbellyโ
โIโll be right here. Until they drag me off the line. Iโm not going anywhere. I hope. Itโs been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldnโt have missed it for the world.โ
โ Anthony Bourdain
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