Cooking is work that is traditionally done by working-class people. The work itself is not glamorous. It's repetitive, and it's a lot closer to factory work than art, whatever level you're doing it at. Certainly chefs are used to living like rock 'n' rollers to some extent, inasmuch as we get a lot of those fringe benefits without having to learn how to play guitar.
Anthony BourdainNo one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
Anthony BourdainMy tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.
Anthony BourdainYou'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I'd probably want to die in San Sebastian.
Anthony Bourdain