Anthony Bourdain Quotes

I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

I've never been a great cook.

As far as cookbooks go, I think Joy of Cooking is a classic. I've used it over and over again. Julia Child frustrates me. By the time you get all her herbs together, you're exhausted

I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.

I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.

I am not a fine chef, but I can certainly get dinner on the table for 14 people. With that many, I try to keep it simple: salmon, mashed potatoes, sauteed spinach, and salad.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.

The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.

I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.

I would love to be better at cooking but I hate cleaning up afterwards. I love the process of putting everything together and the chance of getting it right or wrong but it takes ten minutes to eat it and then ages to clean.

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

It's kind of crazy what I can do and what I can't do. It's simple things like rice and quinoa or salads, honestly, that I'm not great at. But I can make an osso buco that takes six hours.

I grew up in a house where I was a spectator to the sport of cooking. In that way, I just learned so much about what it really takes to make food.

I don't know anyone who hasn't overcooked at least one turkey, myself included. It's easy to do.

When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!

I've had an untraditional trajectory with food: I was in my mom's home, then I was a college kid making mac and cheese and quesadillas, and then I was a professional cook. I never had that time where you figure out how to cook for yourself at home.

I'm a terrible cook, but I make very good lobster salad.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

I don't have a perfect meal on the table most nights. Any night!

I am actually a very good cook (if I may say so myself). I just don't know that many recipes.

I've cooked my whole life, and I grew up in a household of cooks.

I enjoy cooking, but I don't know... I just don't think I have enough skills to teach other people.

My dad, he can cook, but he can't cook: it's sort of like 50/50.