ha! anthony bourdain’s post on michael ruhlmans’ blog titled guest blogging: a bourdain throwdown about the food network and food network chefs is just too damn accurate, biting, and to-the-point hilarious. so true that you really should check it out. giantmonster recommends putting down your drink prior to reading, otherwise you will spit it out from laughing. the post begins with ‘nobody asked me, but …’ and then doesn’t let up. great chef and a great writer too. thank you, mr. bourdain, for phrasing things so well! on a different tone is an equally well written and poignant article by anthony bourdain titled watching beirut die, written when bourdain’s ‘no reservations‘ film crew was trapped in beirut during israel’s bombing of lebanon. check that out too if you like. food network post found via metafilter.
I love watching Anthony eat spicy Japanese food off the streets then getting the shits.
i need footage of that.
youtube has quite a few anthony bourdain clips.
i totally DIG bordain!
in fact i just finished NASTY BITS yesterday…though i still think KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL is my favorite of his books.
his writing style is very appealing and makes you want to EAT as much as it makes you want to TRAVEL-great stuff.
i wish i knew more of the Food Network people so i could better appreciate his commentary, although i have to say he wrote up a great evaluation of this season’s contestants from Top Chef…he nails it! ( sorry that i don’t have the link…)
maybe this can appease you in the meantime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkbB-X9654s
his article only builds in accuracy. i feel like the food network is just one giant commercial. it inhibits good chefs with lame formula shows and rewards smarmy, box recipe chefs with lots of airtime. i think the squirrel melts lady is getting her own food network show.
Wow. The article about Beirut is wrenching. Tony’s perceptiveness and straight-to-the-heart-of-the-matter writing has increasingly earned my respect.