People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.
I love eating in San Francisco, Chiang Dao, China, Tokyo, Hanoi.
I love to eat internationally and do eating contests everywhere. Traveling around, meeting people, and doing different things.
A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.
I don't understand people who travel purely gastronomically, who book a Michelin-starred restaurant three months in advance and suddenly find themselves in Copenhagen or Barcelona with a zeitgeist plate of snail porridge.
I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
Shows like 'Top Chef,' 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world on a whole, but you have to be cautious it doesn't get out of hand.
Restaurants are a much easier way to introduce Americans to a culture than getting them into museums.
I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods.
We will link farmers to global markets. We will give the world the Taste of India.
I was really impressed with the dining scenes and how amazing the culinary scene is in Nashville.
'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from small local cafes to iconic five-star restaurants.
I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.
A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the most pliant and footloose of food tourists. To get in the game, you need a thick wallet, an adventurous palate, and a whole lot of time.
I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
It fills my heart with pride and joy that international food writers and press have taken an interest in Tijuana.
I go to Michelin-starred restaurants as part of my job, but that's not how I want to eat all the time.
Traveling around the world to eat, it's a weird life, but I love it.
Walking into a Kentucky Fried Chicken in the rural area of Malaysia is the cheapest trip to America many Malaysians will ever be able to take.
London has become one of the great world destinations for someone who likes food.
The restaurant chefs in Spain are breaking ground, but in terms of the everyday cooking in Spain I still hear people coming back and saying they were disappointed. I think it's because they're expecting the chef stuff.
Anthony Bourdain was the one who hooked me on Laos.
I love photography, I love food, and I love traveling, and to put those three things together would just be the ultimate dream.
