“There is no lying in the kitchen. And no god there, either. He couldn't help you anyway. You either can—or can't—make an omelette. You either can—or can't—chop an onion, shake a pan, keep up with the other cooks, replicate again and again, perfectly, the dishes that need to be done. No credential, no amount of bullshit, no well-formed sentences or pleas for mercy will change the basic facts. The kitchen is the last meritocracy—a world of absolutes; one knows without any ambiguity at the end of each day how one did.”
— Anthony Bourdain
