Salon.com article on Anthony Bourdain
Check out this interview with Anthony Bourdain on Salon.com. My fondness has grown with every article I've read about him lately.
For example: Bourdain on Rachael Ray, after calling her a "bobble-head":
"If I ever saw her getting trashed on Old Crow, pistol-whipping a vegan after a bar crawl, I would think, "That's an interesting woman. I would like to know her."
He does have a way with words, doesn't he?
For example: Bourdain on Rachael Ray, after calling her a "bobble-head":
"If I ever saw her getting trashed on Old Crow, pistol-whipping a vegan after a bar crawl, I would think, "That's an interesting woman. I would like to know her."
He does have a way with words, doesn't he?
posted by cindym at 8:55 AM
7 Comments:
Yeah, he's very funny. It's a shame that his travel show is so not-funny, though. I blame some pedantic producer, though, since he's obviously horribly charismatic...
I read the Salon article attched, and I wrote this comment there (by the way, I am a happy meat eating woman):
[b]Anthony Disdain[/b]
[i]Enough Vegan bashing, let's talk about Disdain himself.
He's STILL whining about the Food Network?! Even though he's been caught eating there, specifically on Molto Mario?
And for slamming Rachel Ray...I damn him to an Indonesian Arby's! Yes, she's not a professional chef and can be overwhelmingly bubbly, but at least she cooks with stuff I can buy at Safeway.
Has anyone actually flipped through Disdain's Les Halles cookbook? Where in the hell am I going to buy the flesh from a cow's face (forgot the term for it)?
And to top it off, he sympathizes with the trivails of female cooks and the meritocracy of it all--this is a joke right?
Don't get me wrong, I have respect for the culinary rogue and I've read Kitchen Confidential (bought a Global knife because of it) but Disdain's leftovers is becoming a shameless schtick.
By the way, the Food Network is popular because overall television is noisy and senseless. Which would you rather watch: Emeril Lagasse making a sandwich or cable news blowhards terrorizing us with terrorists?[/i]
[b]G[/b]
Meh-I like the guy. I sometimes dislike the way he critizes other celebrity chefs, but I do share his annoyance with Rachael Ray. One may be able to buy the ingredients in her recipes at Safeway, but I find the recipes repetitive ( as in, the multitude of recipes for hamburgers). Apparently, though, she has done a lot for the at-home cook. Whatever-she's fun to hate :-)
Hey, good to read your posts again.
Personally I find Bourdain hilarious and I love the Rachel Ray description. His book was WAY funnier than the TV series allowed him to be though.
Missed your writing... glad you're back!
Bourdain is funny to a certain extent and then he just sounds "passé" after 10 mins. He is the ONLY tough chef out there worthy of his title, right?
Glad I sparked such controversy just by putting up a link!
Well, I can't deny that I sort of loathe Rachael Ray. I don't really feel that she adds anything valuable to the world of cooking. But then again, I already like to cook. If she really has inspired more people to enter the kitchen and actually make dinner for themselves and their families, then more power to her. But I certainly don't think her shows are any better than any of the other sludge that's put out there for our amusement.
As for Bourdain, I liked Kitchen Confidential enough; I thought it was a good, juicy beach read. Then last year I read the book Don't Try This at Home, and I really began to appreciate that compared to most of the chefs in that collection, he's a pretty darn good writer. Some of the essays in that book were virtually unreadable. His piece really stood out. I've only seen one of his latest shows, so I can't really comment on the TV stuff.
I admire his interest in travelling everywhere and trying everything, his insistence on speaking his mind, and especially his belief that it's important to suppress his own cultural assumptions and tastes in order to show respect for his hosts. I'm always pleasantly surprised by how articulate he sounds when I read these interviews with him.
He says plenty of stuff that I disagree with as well - especially that paragraph about the way professional kitchens should continue to operate - but overall, I like him. There you have it.
never seen AB's show, but after reading his book determined that i don't care at all for his personality, all swashbuckling and testosterone whooshing out everywhere. yuck. at least RR is not offensive in the same manner.
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