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The Anthony Bourdain Appreciation Thread

He travels all over the world, eats well, and boozes like Acton on a regular work night. What's not to like?


[Also, Jennifer hates him, which makes him even cooler. You know?]

Who the Hell is Jennifer? He's my hero

I love Anthony Bourdain, but he comes across as a huge tool to the locals at some of the places that he visits. I'd still fuck him.

great show, nice guy, but to be honest there was a reason he never made it as a chef and writes instead.

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Originally posted by epicaricacy great show, nice guy, but to be honest there was a reason he never made it as a chef and writes instead.

Is it because he's a great writer and not a very good chef?

I feel like I have seen this before.

lol @ the Acton comment. Yeah Acton - this is an intervention thread too!

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Originally posted by bas Is it because he's a great writer and not a very good chef?

i wouldn't call him a great writer either.

The guy was a line cook that happened to write one book that hit it big...everything else after that is just fried pig assholes and alcoholism.

thanks for reminding me, i have to call my mother in law.

Don't like 'im.

One of my favourite shows.

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Originally posted by epicaricacy i wouldn't call him a great writer either. The guy was a line cook that happened to write one book that hit it big...everything else after that is just fried pig assholes and alcoholism.

cool thing about him is that he's the first to admit all of these things. he knows it all too well
kitchen confidential was really great. his newest, medium raw, was actually halfway decent too. after watching so much of his show i have trouble reading his books new - since his writing is pretty much just stream-of-consciousness it's natural that my brain processes as being read in his voice. and that fucks my head up lol

I once read something of his and thought he was interesting. Then I saw one of his shows on TV and found him annoying. If I was a local and he showed up to do segment on my cuisine, I'd stab him repeatedly for running his over enthusiastic mouth. Every thing out of his mouth is over hyped. The best this and the best that, blah blah etc. He seems more concerned with letting us know how knowledgeable he is and how robust a description he can make. Reminds me of those Fodor travel books or ppl who write those reviews on book jackets proclaiming this is the best whatever since slice bread.

i don't know about that. he seems way more down to earth than a lot of 1)well know chefs / personalities in food and 2)food critics.
i'd love to have a beer with him sometime.
i think there's a reason he's good friends with so many well know chefs and has been able to earn their trust.

I signed up for netflix just so I could watch all his stuff. He is the fucking man!

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Originally posted by leph555 I signed up for netflix just so I could watch all his stuff. He is the fucking man!

thank god for watch instant no reservations!!!!!

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights i think there's a reason he's good friends with so many well know chefs and has been able to earn their trust.

To be fair, they're all assholes and don't like each other at all. The friendship thing is all a ruse, more out of respect than anything

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Originally posted by igottaknow I once read something of his and thought he was interesting. Then I saw one of his shows on TV and found him annoying. If I was a local and he showed up to do segment on my cuisine, I'd stab him repeatedly for running his over enthusiastic mouth. Every thing out of his mouth is over hyped. The best this and the best that, blah blah etc. He seems more concerned with letting us know how knowledgeable he is and how robust a description he can make. Reminds me of those Fodor travel books or ppl who write those reviews on book jackets proclaiming this is the best whatever since slice bread.

Bourdain is the man! Plus he's an ex-recreational crackie, which I can relate to.

I forgot to mention his duplicities. He calls out celebrity chefs while he is one himself. But I guess since his shtick eating exotic foods and acting down to earth he's better than the rest. The reason these celebrity chefs exist is because people like yourself fawn over their fake persona (like bas said). Or maybe you can't get enough of someone who loves hearing themselves talk.

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Originally posted by igottaknow I forgot to mention his duplicities. He calls out celebrity chefs while he is one himself. But I guess since his shtick eating exotic foods and acting down to earth he's better than the rest. The reason these celebrity chefs exist is because people like yourself fawn over their fake persona (like bas said). Or maybe you can't get enough of someone who loves hearing themselves talk.

he addresses pretty all of this in Medium Raw. He doesn't necessarily make any of it ok or even explain it perfectly, but he makes note of all of these things.

and w/r/t being an 'ex-recreational crackie' i can't help but remember something he said in the book when talking about changing jobs, moving somewhere new - "it was a transitional period in my life...and by that I mean I was transitioning from heroin to coke"

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights he addresses pretty all of this in Medium Raw. He doesn't necessarily make any of it ok or even explain it perfectly, but he makes note of all of these things. and w/r/t being an 'ex-recreational crackie' i can't help but remember something he said in the book when talking about changing jobs, moving somewhere new - "it was a transitional period in my life...and by that I mean I was transitioning from heroin to coke"

I'm not an expert on him nor do I hate him. I do get the feeling he is full of himself. Another example is how he gets his digs in on Mc Donald's food. He neglects to mention that a lot of fine cuisine is equally unhealthy as fast food. The two major differences expensive restaurants aren't required and never post their fat/salt/calories of their meals and the majority of the public can't afford to eat it. If they could we'd be bashing them instead. Fast food serves a purpose, and while I avoid it I find it irritating listening to his condescending digs.

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights cool thing about him is that he's the first to admit all of these things. he knows it all too well kitchen confidential was really great. his newest, medium raw, was actually halfway decent too. after watching so much of his show i have trouble reading his books new - since his writing is pretty much just stream-of-consciousness it's natural that my brain processes as being read in his voice. and that fucks my head up lol

i've met him 2 times. he is the nicest guy ever...but as a foodie i was not impressed with his knowledge as much as i was impressed that he could finish half a bottle of muskie without using his hands.

lolol
how have you met him??? that's pretty cool.
i'm not exactly sure what it means to be a foodie, or who one goes about being considered to be one - but i'd venture to say that i'm a bit of a foodie myself. Past 4 or 5 years I've had a serious itch to try all kinds of new things (used to be a picky eater) and at this point i'll go out of my way to try new things/weird things. Also I love eating out at nice restaurants or w/e - though i've been doing less of that. 2 years ago I was dating this really wealthy girl from texas who didn't mind taking me out to nice restaurants twice a week lol.

foodies are people that travel and enjoy food off of the beaten path.

foodies will not gravitate to 4 star restaurants that serve the same shit as everwhere else when they travel...foodies want to go to the little booth that they heard serves an amazing whatever (aka eat local specialties they don't get at home).

i met bourdain 2 times. Both times he was doing a show on Montreal, and both times i knew what bar to go by, because out of the people that produce his show, 1 of them is a montrealer and happens to work with my gf.

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights i don't know about that. he seems way more down to earth than a lot of 1)well know chefs / personalities in food and 2)food critics. i'd love to have a beer with him sometime. i think there's a reason he's good friends with so many well know chefs and has been able to earn their trust.

the reason he is "friends" with so many chefs = free publicity on his shows.

marketing is simple, really

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