Does anyone else watch this? I watched it for the first time last night and about fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard. He did an "American Roadtrip" episode from southern California through Arizona and New Mexico and ended up in Texas. Unusual combination of dry wit and adolescent toilet humor. I liked it.

In Texas he was at Ted Nugent's ranch. He had the hillarious quote,

"I'm a liberal, of course I believe that no one should own guns, except me, and well maybe Ted should, he's kind of hard to argue with..."

The two of them ended up at a hole in the wall Bar-B-Que restraunt and actually had a respectful conversation with each other. I'll definately be watching again.

It's on my tivo....the rust belt show the other night was a bit depressing but most are a lot of fun....worst one ever was Saudi Arabia...they tried to make it seem like a fun place but it didn't come across that way...duh...there are tons of reruns on now....the Vegas show was especially good...

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Been a Bourdain fan ever since the book Kitchen Confidential hit the shelves.

Try to catch the episode of No Reservations where he goes back to work the line at his old restaurant, Brasserie Les Halles. It is the best real-world depiction of the culinary trenches I've ever seen filmed.

That's why I left Saudi Arabia....

giz

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That was a good one. Did you see the smile on Tony's face at the range?
Like Nuge or not,I think he changed Bourdain's out look for the better.

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I love Tony Bourdain. Been watching him for as long as he's been on TV I think. This weeks new episode in Baltimore/Detroit/Buffalo was a classic too. Gotta love Zamir as well....

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I watch it quite a bit also. I started when he was doing a show called "A Cook's Tour" and bought his book by the same name. A fun read...

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I like the fact that he unapolegically (sic!) guzzles booze on his show. Other's would sanitize the show and edit that out. That's why the warning at the beginning.Did you see him at the meat orgy in Uraguay?! A medievil feast. He can't stand Racheal Ray. I like her. I had a dream about her once but can't tell you here 'cause Lee would ban me forever. I'll just say olive oil (EVOO!) figured prominently in it.

Never heard him trash Racheal ray but I sure heard a shot at Samantha Brown.

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I didn't see the rust belt episode yet, but being from the center of it I have to say the rust belt is pretty depressing. I left Youngstown, Ohio in 1985 with about 24% unemployment. After 20 months of of our Uncle's finest training I ended up in Norfolk, Va.

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I've only seen Samantha Brown maybe twice. Very pretty but she needs some meat on her bones. She should hang out with Bordain and eat somethin'!

I know he's no fan of Woody Harelson...and he's in good company.


As raw food zealots trickle into mainstream, chef does slow burn
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
BY ANTHONY BOURDAIN NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
They call us "cooks." And we -- meaning everyone who's ever shaken a pan in a professional kitchen -- can trace our proud lineage to our ape-like predecessors, clustered around a fire, searing hunks of flesh over the flame. Through persistence and desperation, using knowledge passed down to us, we turn tough, unlovely bits of meat and scrap into beloved national dishes.
This thing of ours was always about transformation, about the strategic application of heat to make what was available somehow better.
But some would have us believe that the flames around which we've gathered do not make things better. They make them worse. Less healthy. Less pure. More likely to cause "mucus," toxins, lowered enzymes -- and generally diminished grooviness.

Advocates and practitioners of "raw food" eschew what's cooked for what is still raw or "living." Until recently, they've been viewed as lunatic fringe, espousing a philosophy so extreme as to make ordinary vegans look like libertines.

One typical work on the subject, Victoria Boutenko's "12 Steps to Raw Foods (How to End Your Addiction to Cooked Food)," assures us that "because cooked food does not have enzymes, our body cannot use it. Therefore, the body treats cooked food as a toxin and is only concerned with getting rid of it."
Who knew? I always thought my body treated food as a pleasure. She later claims "our body never makes mistakes. We all know what we need if we listen to our body."
I can only imagine that if I hear my body calling for a cheeseburger, signals have somehow been crossed. (Apparently what it really wants is a Boutenko patty of ground and processed nuts, carrots, onion, yeast and banana -- thickened with dried herb, yeast, psyllium husk powder and ground flaxseeds.)
Fortunately, the literature on raw food has, until recently, provided unpersuasive visuals: The cover photo of Boutenko's manifesto displays a truly hideous spread of such unappetizing, clumsy butt-ugliness as to frighten away any but the most fervently devoted.
Unfortunately, things have changed.
Raw food has gone legit. In an ominous development, a few top chefs have conspired to present raw foods so fiendishly styled and manipulated as to mimic real food.
With the skill and craftsmanship of jewelers and the guile of a Hollywood set designer, they have managed to move what was once rabbit chow from the chicken wire-enclosed pen to the hushed dining rooms of some of our best restaurants.
Last year, Charlie Trotter -- a celebrated Chicago chef and the author of some truly groundbreaking and beautiful cookbooks -- collaborated with Roxanne Klein on "Raw," a real "cookbook" in which absolutely nothing is cooked. Klein is a veteran of many fine kitchens, the chef/owner of Roxanne's in Larkspur, Calif., and perhaps the leading innovator and proponent of "raw food."
The book is imaginative, pretty to look at and a poke in the eye to the entire culinary profession. It represents a radical abrogation of the basic principle: that "cooks" presumably cook.
In his introduction to "Raw," Trotter makes a careful distinction between the roles of chef/seeker and that of advocate for some health-conscious agrarian future. He seems to be saying that raw food can be a cool thing -- but it's not necessarily the only thing.
Klein urges similar caution, saying, "I think it's presumptuous for anyone to tell others how they should live their lives."
Nice words. Nice book. Though my prejudices against vegetarianism and veganism are well-known, I thought that as intellectual exercise, this weird corner of the culinary spectrum might be as worthy of respect as any other.
Then I read Klein's introduction. She describes a fateful meeting in Thailand with former "Cheers" star and hemp activist Woody Harrelson.
"Every evening, our group would sit down to a fantastic feast of Thai vegetarian curries, noodles and rice dishes. Woody, however, would always order a bowl of fruit or a green papaya salad. We tried to get him to sample the wonderful cooked dishes we were eating, but he always declined. After more prodding, he explained why he maintained a diet of raw fruits and vegetables. Michael (Klein's husband) and I found the philosophy interesting and decided to delve more deeply into it."
This story is horrifying on so many levels that my enzyme-starved, toxin-laden, mucus-clogged body shook when I read it.
First of all, why would anyone listen to Woody Harrelson about anything more important than how to be a Hollywood actor or how to make a bong out of a toilet paper roll and tin foil?
And who would listen to anyone who can visit Thailand -- a country with one of the most vibrant, exciting culinary cultures on the planet -- and refuse to sample its bounty? What kind of cramped, arrogant worldview could excuse shutting oneself off from the greater part of an ancient and beautiful culture?
It's bad enough when you bump into a curmudgeonly fellow countryman in a foreign land. But to bring his Tao home with you is another thing.
"Raw" is a quantum leap in the realm of what's possible with fruits and vegetables. But by offering encouragement to would-be Woodys everywhere, Trotter and Klein have opened a Pandora's box of fissionable material.
At a time in history when Americans have reasons to turn away from this fabulously diverse and marvelous planet, the authors have made willful avoidance and abstinence a more attractive option.
I admire their skills.
But I fear for the planet.

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I saw that episode. Apparently he's anti-gun by his statements BUT you couldn't beat the smile off of his face with a 2x4. I guess he got a taste of why we like shooting.

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I've taken lots of supposed anti-gun people shooting and they all sport a big grin after the first round.

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I like his shows but for a chef he's a real wuss when it comes to slaughtering/hunting animals. He even had issues with bulls being castrated in South America. You'd think he'd be more in tune with where his ingredients come from.

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I've been watching the show for a few years, mainly because he goes to the places that most tourists miss. I also like Bizzare Foods, I guess Andrew Zimmern is an old friend of Bourdain, but much less of a wuss when it comes to sourcing animals, in one episode he shot a javelina without a second thought.

I've never seen this show, but I always got a kick out of A Cook's Tour. He seemed to really enjoy shooting machine guns in Viet Nam. I wouldn't call anyone who ate a still beating cobra heart a wuss. I can think of several other things to call him, but not a wuss.

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I watch NR, and I like Tony, although I must admit I like Andrew Zimmerman better...

Oh, sure, he's just terrific. "Today we're boiling this homeless guys underwear he hasn't changed in five years and MAKE SOUP!" Wow. Better tape that one. And hand me that pen. I gotta get this recipe!

YouTube - Anthony Bourdain and Ted Nugent Shooting Machineguns
Here is Anthony Bourdain shooting a Serbu Super-Shorty at Nugents Ranch.

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I used to watch No Reservations, but after the most recent episode about the "Rust Belt" and Bourd-dumb-***' comments about capitalism, I have reached my limit of his LIB-TARD ways. Not only is he a LIB-TARD, but he's yet another ENVIRO-TARD.

I lived in the rust belt, in Ohio and in Maryland, while my Father worked in the steel industry in both places. We saw first-hand how the damn LIB-TARD, marxist, workers of the world unite, labor unions essentially destroyed America's steel industry; it was awful. The labor unions have destroyed our automobile industry as well, and we tax payers will be picking up the tab for generations to come, it's sickening!

I no longer record Bourd-dumb-***' show and will not watch it again. I prefer not to associate with LIB-TARDS and Bourd-dumb-*** is such an arrogant ignorant LIB-TARD that I'm done with him. Sure, he's got the gift of gab, but at the end of the day, he's an AILT (arrogant ignorant LIB-TARD) and I don't want to see him in my home. I don't want my family to be exposed to his mental disorder.

The more we support the AILTs the more damage they do to our Country by spreading their mental disorder. The sad truth is that is us against them; conservative, common sense people vs. the LIB-TARDs. They won't quit, they want our guns, our money, our health care, they want to control us reduce us to subjects, instead of Citizens. I'd like to suggest that every common-sense conservative would quit supporting AILTs like Bourd-dumb-***. It's easy, turn the channel. If you're as sick of the b.s. as I am, give a call to every company that advertises on his show and tell them you won't be buying their product because of Bourd-dumb-***' left-wing rhetoric.

Remember: Mental LIB-TARDation is not congenital, it is contagious! If we don't fight the LIB-TARDs now, our children will wake up under a Communist flag.


Best,

Michael


And, Bye-bye Bourd-dumb-***!

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Tonight he had an especially good show...

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