“ Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. Anthony Bourdain
“ I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytrap… Chris Pratt
“ Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime. Old garlic, burnt garlic, garlic cut too long ago and garlic that has been tragically… Anthony Bourdain
“ To want to own a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction. What causes such a destructive urge in so many otherwise sensible people? Why would anyone who has worked hard, saved money, often… Anthony Bourdain
“ We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie. Amah Lambert
“ If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. Gordon Ramsay
“ I learned so much from 'Iron Chef' about ingredients, about the courage to put yourself out there. Alex Guarnaschelli
“ You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edg… Tom Colicchio
“ A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. Charlie Trotter
