A few extra for Bourdain given his passing and appreciation for MMA.

‘Basic cooking skills are a virtue… the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill. [It’s] as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one’s own a**, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money.’ - Anthony Bourdain

‘I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.’ - Anthony Bourdain

• I like rice. Rice is great if you’re hungry and want two thousand of something.

  

  Mitch Hedberg

• Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.

  

  Anthony Bourdain

• Waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps.

  

  Mitch Hedberg

• You know how I feel about tacos. It’s the only food shaped like a smile. A beef smile.

  

  Earl Hickey

• Cheese – milk’s leap towards immortality.

  

  Clifton Fadiman

• I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

  

  W. C. Fields

• My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.

  

  Orson Welles

• Careful man, there’s a beverage here!

  

  The Dude

  THE, DUDE

• They call it ‘Royale with Cheese.’

  

  Dead Man