29 quotes
The lazy and the foolish compare him to Hemingway, which is a terrible injustice as Jim is both a better writer and a better man.
Medium Raw (2010)
Anyone who refuses to let you eat your burger at a temperature less than medium is on the side of the terrorists.
The room smelled like a gust of wind from Satan's anus.
Life is complicated. It's filled with nuance. It's unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt.
You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
Medium Raw (2010)
You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy.
The Nasty Bits (2006)
An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
Kitchen Confidential (2000)
America's most dangerous export was never nuclear weapons or Jerry Lewis—or even Baywatch reruns. It was, is, and probably always will be our fast-food outlets.
The Nasty Bits (2006)
I do a lot of speaking engagements and sometimes I feel like I’m being paid to curse in front of people who haven’t heard it in a while.
I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.
A Cook's Tour (2001)
Good food does lead to sex. As it should.
The Nasty Bits (2006)
Don't touch my dick, don't touch my knife.
Kitchen Confidential (2000)
The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.
A Cook's Tour (2001)
Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.
The Nasty Bits (2006)
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.
Kitchen Confidential (2000)
There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
Medium Raw (2010)
Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.
Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.
Kitchen Confidential (2000)
Given a choice between being trapped on a desert island with a group of writers or a family of howler monkeys, I think I'd pick the monkeys. At least I could eat them.
The Nasty Bits (2006)
You know what causes Chinese restaurant syndrome? Racism. ‘Ooh I have a headache; it must have been the Chinese guy.’