Been a vegetarian since I was 14. I know Anthony is heinously, indiscriminately meaty, but I still love him - mostly 'cause he's not a televised Zagat's guide. He does the street food and home-cookin' and wherever working people eat. He always has that line about judging a country's cuisine on what the poorest people eat - that's where the heart and the history's at. I love watching the huge family meals he goes to - table-fulls of home-cooked real food - no preservatives or KFC buckets or whatever I normally see on my tv. He's snarky but reverent. If the last five minutes of the Beijing ep didn't melt your heart a bit...
Bourdain is the Hunter S. Thompson of food writing. I know he's abrasive, and sometimes pretty whiny, but I'd rather watch him than Bobby Flay any night of the week.
Been a vegetarian since I was 14. I know Anthony is heinously, indiscriminately meaty, but I still love him - mostly 'cause he's not a televised Zagat's guide. He does the street food and home-cookin' and wherever working people eat. He always has that line about judging a country's cuisine on what the poorest people eat - that's where the heart and the history's at. I love watching the huge family meals he goes to - table-fulls of home-cooked real food - no preservatives or KFC buckets or whatever I normally see on my tv. He's snarky but reverent. If the last five minutes of the Beijing ep didn't melt your heart a bit...
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i just found him whiny - like he was all macho swagger and here i am with my cigarette - but he could barely keep up with the girl showing him around.
ReplyDeletei saw his la show yesterday and found him more watchable.
Bourdain is the Hunter S. Thompson of food writing. I know he's abrasive, and sometimes pretty whiny, but I'd rather watch him than Bobby Flay any night of the week.
ReplyDeleteokay, i'll give you that. bobby flay is odious.
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