― bham (bham), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:21 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/28/bourdain_beirut/
Our military excels in far more in just killing people. That's what I got that I don't often get elsewhere.
i've heard lots of bad shit about some of the military, but the marines are generally thought of as a different caliber. they seem to demonstrate this on the USS nashville, and in a different way than expected. they're thought of as so hardcore and badass, and here they are described over and over as compassionate and kind as they efficiently evacuate lots of freaked-out and confused people.
― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/07/25/DI2006072501108.html?sub=AR
I read A Cook's Tour recently and really liked it.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
i like anthony bourdain a lot. i still have never eaten at les halles, mainly because it seems overpriced for what it is - howEVA - i NEVER eat fish at restaurants on mondays now because of him (don't know whether i'm grateful or annoyed by this)
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
I knew there was a reason behind my kneejerk attitude toward this dude.
Actually, most of my antipathy is just because the Chicago thread talks about him all the time, and I had no idea who he was or why I should care about him.
Sorry, Kenan.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
and i'll fourth the fish tip!
― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Euai Kapaui (tracerhan...), Today 11:31 AM. (tracerhand) (later)
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hahah me too. -- s1ocki (slytus...), Today 11:33 AM. (slutsky)
Some fish markets/distributors are open on Monday! Maybe not on the East Coast but elsewhere in the world Monday is just dandy.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
But Bourdain is definitely telling you something: go out Tuesday/Fridays for fish.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
I’m okay with people who are horrified by cruelty to animals. I understand that completely. Who isn’t? Well, a lot of people aren’t, but I am.
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link
She wrinkled her nose & said "My husband loves him, I'm only here because of him. I just want to see if he's clean."
When I asked her what she meant she smiled in this deranged way and said primly "He looks so dirty on TV. I just came to see if he's clean in real life, or if he really is that dirty."
I swear, she's the single weirdest person I've ever encountered.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I can just picture her snapping on a white cotton glove & giving him the 'finger test' at the signing table....
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:40 (eighteen years ago) link
No.
I like A.B., from what I'v read. And I totally support Nice Guys in the Military, but I support neither the gov't nor the "military."
Also, Dan's right -- I've spent some time in commercial kitchens, and he pretty much nails it.
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:46 (eighteen years ago) link
When I first read Kitchen Confidential I loved it because it showed the Way It Really Is. Now I hate Bourdain because he is an example of The Way It Really Is. He is just the sort of macho, self-aggrandizing, control freak that plagues too many restaurant and makes life miserable for the rest of the staff including waiters, managers, cooks, runners, bussers, and even owners.
― I'm Over Bourdain (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link
I think my breaking point was when I saw Bourdain on The Restaurant, dining at Rocco's in NY with another chef, talking some crap about "Chefs embody madmen, visionaries and artists, all in one body..." as the camera spun and zoomed giddily about them. Blarf.
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link
That said, I have never tasted Bourdain's food, and from what I have heard he's a good, workmanlike chef but not a truly special one. He seems to know his French comfort food, which is still better than what most of America ever eats.
But whatever, he's not even a chef anymore, he's a full-time writer and TV personality. Fuck TV -- he's a professional personality. I happen to like this personality. Some will not.
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:43 (eighteen years ago) link
So I like Bourdain, but only when he is eating durian.
― Jeff. (Jeff), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
The fish tip doesn't hold true right across the board though, where I work we sell out of stuff over the weekend, so a fresh fish delivery arrives on Monday.
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
maybe this is why Friday has always =ed "fish day"?
"is everybody happy? well i should say!"
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
At my former workplace (an upscale fish restaurant) deliveries came in fresh every day except Sunday. And they weren't frozen. And this was in Chicago.
Monday had very fresh fish since we ran out of a lot of stuff on Sunday.
So, suck, Bourdain.
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Evan, half the people on this thread also post on the Chicago thread. QED.
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I wonder why Les Halles and Bourdain would order that way. If weekends are amateur nights, wouldn't you want to serve the amateurs the 2nd rate stuff and have fresh seafood for your more discerning patrons?
(I grant that this is complete speculation about a business that I am not running, but still.)
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Thursday, 24 August 2006 05:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:28 (seventeen years ago) link
So did Steve Shasta upthread!
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 October 2006 14:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link
I think it's worth pointing out that in our kitchen we're all very polite to each other, and even to the floor staff for that matter. That said, I like Bourdain. He loves food, and that's what it's all about.
― Matt (Matt), Friday, 13 October 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, missed that West Texas one. Will look for it.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
i enjoyed this
https://www.gq.com/story/anthony-bourdain-men-of-the-year-tribute
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Thanks for posting that. I teared up reading it.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
more than a hint of klopp in this untrustworthy showy german in paraguay imo
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Sunday, 27 January 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
I am very ok with today being Bourdain Day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/ways-celebrate-anthony-bourdain-bourdain-day/?utm_term=.58a857a41825
https://thetakeout.com/s/parts-unknown-anthony-bourdain
― Yerac, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
I still haven’t been able to watch the last season or any of his shows at all for that matters.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
I watched a couple of random episodes earlier this year but also haven't watched the last season yet. I just read through that summary linked above of every episode and now have a list to make my way through.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I couldn’t watch the last season until just recently. I enjoyed it very much even if it was bittersweet.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
One of his graphic novels is getting adapted for TV, I'm a little bummed it's not Get Jiro (post-apocalyptic sushi chef revenge tale)
https://www.eater.com/2019/6/14/18678863/anthony-bourdain-hungry-ghosts-animated-series-joel-rose-sony-pictures
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.insidehook.com/article/food-and-drink/remembering-a-hero-and-eating-a-few-on-the-anthony-bourdain-food-trail-new-jersey
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
Similar article for SF: https://m.sfgate.com/food/article/restaurants-Anthony-Bourdain-San-Francisco-show-14029068.php
― DJI, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
miss this dude a lot
― big beautiful wario (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
He was kind of a dick
But my kind of a dick
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
otm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
the fact that we lost him when he had just started really perfecting “mellow Bourdain” bums me outi mean i love him in all forms but the last few years were real gold
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
BOURDAIN: Alright so tell me what this is.CITIZEN: This is apple pie. It is a classic American food.BOURDAIN: Okay, so-- wait, what are you doing?CITIZEN: I am adding a small scoop of ice cream.BOURDAIN: [chuckling skeptically] All right. All right. Fuck it. Let's do this.— Brooks Otterlake (@i_zzzzzz) July 20, 2018
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:35 (five years ago) link
he met all the wrong people in dublin but i mean maybe everybody does and he did ok so he did
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah, somehow no culinary/eating shows ever get a place right for the ppl living in it.
And it's probably for the best, as the places featured would stop being good for locals after the shows air.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:14 (five years ago) link
He did well in Chicago imo
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
Was watching this really good documentary about the Carlysle Hotel in NY last night and up he pops to my surprise, sounding/looking great and so centred and solid on screen, still hard to believe he's gone.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 11:36 (four years ago) link
my god
https://youtu.be/RyUVNFBZ_X4
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
I miss this dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiZFH6_f0tg
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
don't now if Roadrunner got talked about elsewhere but seems like it should be discussed here. Finally watched this last night, it's very devastating. I know there was a hoo-haw about the use of AI on something that is spoken by him but it was, AFAICT, only in like two sentences in the middle of the doc; there was an email he sent to David Choe and asked him if he was happy, Choe reads it and it slowly morphs into Bourdain's voice, it's like, 20 seconds tops; the hoo-haw was over nothing, IMO.
There is clearly a feeling among his colleagues on the show that Argento played a huge role in things unraveling for him, I know the filmmaker said there was more but he didn't want to go over and over it. HIs brother does make it clear that he doesn't blame her but I def felt like some of the people from the show do. Argento has always struck me as a high-chaos type of individual, immensely charismatic, intelligent, sexy, who wouldn't get obsessed with her? I don't think anything is her fault. But it's sad to see how impactful this relationship became for him, he himself noted multiple times it was going to be bad.
― akm, Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
the film was mostly good, but I think it was pretty unfair to make all these insinuations about Argento while not including her in the interviews
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
I thought it was interesting that they left out any mention of Argento having sex with a minor. I'm guessing they had to, for legal reasons
― JRN, Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/09/inside-anthony-bourdains-all-consuming-relationship
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 23 September 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
not interviewed: Argento
― StanM, Thursday, 23 September 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
so? like I'm sure she was just waiting for the call
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 23 September 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
She's either going to confirm what many other people have said (unlikely) or deny it all and claim the others just don't understand or have the full picture (likely). Being that she denied having a sexual relationship with that teenager and then a pic came out of her topless in bed with him, and that nothing others have said about her seems out of character for her, I'm inclined to believe the others' version of things over hers.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 23 September 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
Before this year I had only caught episodes of his shows here and there, but I watched every episode of Parts Unknown this year, ending with the finale today. seeing everything was pretty wonderful. He's just so good at picking character out of a place, and great at getting people to share their stories. I loved pretty much every episode where he traveled with a companion, the joy between them is infectious
There are a small handful of episodes where I don't think he uses the time well, like some of the self-indulgent interviews with his heroes, but hey I'd probably do the same thing if I had a show
The final season suffered a bit from his lack of involvement. Obv not much of his VO, and they spent way more time than I think he would have mocking backpackers in Bali. And he would have HATED the episode which is just people gushing about him. But as mentioned the West Texas episode was great, as was the Kenya one. Very sad to reach the end
anyway here's my POX:QuebecLibyaJerusalemCopenhagenDetroitSichuanHoustonJapan (season 8)LagosBhutan
― Vinnie, Saturday, 20 November 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
Agree, i read the oral history bio recently published, and am now working through the series again. The book confirms your take on the final series, inasmuch as he was not as interested/engaged as he had been that Quebec episode is my favorite for sure. something about watching him eat so many amazing meats in the freezing cold with cool people.the Libya ep is so good. it also feels like its where the show really starts grow, exploring that somewhat journalistic niche for him. the vietnam episode in s4 has always been a highlight for me, looking foward to revisiting
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
oh and i used to love the Vienna episode because he’s so sure he’ll hate it and he ends up having a lovely time
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
*final season, i meant, not series
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Worst episode: the one with Joe RoganI love almost all of the rest of it but haven’t seen all of it yet. The Quebec episode was great, I liked the one in the Philippines a lot cause he obviously had such a personal connection there.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
that Berlin episode with that numpt US rockband mate of his was pretty bad, though at least there was a bit of Ellen Alien in there as well to almost redeem it!
― calzino, Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
one of the production crew, i cant remember if it was an editor or a director, said that they would call “cut to wide” to mark the end of a scene, and that Tony would often invariably say something offhanded because he knew he was done - they used 100% of those, because he always said or did something great. it was cool reading about how engaged he was with the show, even about what a pain in the ass he could be. as a crew they were very much “all-in” with him, and working towards the same goal because of his enthusiasm for the authentic experiences they were trying to capture. a lot of it kind of sounds like a stressful nightmare as you could well imagine, but the driving underlying determination to get it right really shows on screen remarkably consistently
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
Yeah the Berlin one a good example of his self-indulgence. Newcombe is entertaining enough, but c'mon, show me Berlin!
I'll have to check out that oral history book, I loved the behind-the-scenes ep in the last season and am eager to know more about how they made the show
― Vinnie, Saturday, 20 November 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
it’s great - and a lot of varied feedback about him, not just a “he was a genius” circle jerk
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 November 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
watched road runner last night, and found the last 30 minutes or so completely repugnant. was enjoying the enneagram 7 energy before that tho
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 December 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link