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In this rather personal take on Anthony Bourdain, Todd Krainin looks back on Anthony Bourdain, and how Mr. Bourdain had an impact on his own life, and on TV in general. From the blurb -
Until the 1990s, travel shows were mostly about watching a trusted host sniffing his way through fine wineries, meandering through Baroque Period museums, lounging around four-star hotels, and indulging in the sensual pleasures of eating familiar fare with the right fork at the right restaurant, and always with the right kind of people.
Then came Anthony Bourdain. He began every show with a parental advisory warning and was 10 times snarkier than all the other hosts put together. His punk nonchalance stuck out like a middle finger to every travel show that went before him. He savaged rival chefs by name and held in righteous contempt every culinary fad and pompous ideology that stood in the way of pure food enjoyment.
I liked him immediately.
I remember shortly after his death, they aired a new episode of Parts Unknown, his food show he was working on at the time of his suicide. The episode they aired was about Mardi Gras in Louisiana, which is the state I live in. I never cared or thought about Bourdain, or his show at all until his death, and seeing the state in live in - fittingly enough, parts and traditions of it I didn't know about - was rather moving and interesting to me. He accepted the people, with all their eccentricities, at face value, and enjoyed the celebrations there for what they were.
I have no strong opinions on the man or his life, but I thought I would share this with everyone.
In this rather personal take on Anthony Bourdain, Todd Krainin looks back on Anthony Bourdain, and how Mr. Bourdain had an impact on his own life, and on TV in general. From the blurb -
> Until the 1990s, travel shows were mostly about watching a trusted host sniffing his way through fine wineries, meandering through Baroque Period museums, lounging around four-star hotels, and indulging in the sensual pleasures of eating familiar fare with the right fork at the right restaurant, and always with the right kind of people.
> Then came Anthony Bourdain. He began every show with a parental advisory warning and was 10 times snarkier than all the other hosts put together. His punk nonchalance stuck out like a middle finger to every travel show that went before him. He savaged rival chefs by name and held in righteous contempt every culinary fad and pompous ideology that stood in the way of pure food enjoyment.
> I liked him immediately.
I remember shortly after his death, they aired a new episode of _Parts Unknown_, his food show he was working on at the time of his suicide. The episode they aired was about Mardi Gras in Louisiana, which is the state I live in. I never cared or thought about Bourdain, or his show at all until his death, and seeing the state in live in - fittingly enough, parts and traditions of it I didn't know about - was rather moving and interesting to me. He accepted the people, with all their eccentricities, at face value, and enjoyed the celebrations there for what they were.
I have no strong opinions on the man or his life, but I thought I would share this with everyone.
His newer series, Parts Unknown, got a little too heavy into politics. For like 15 mins each episode, they always interviewed the local person running for some office, talked the policy, and even on the England episode, his host said that she was tired of talking about Brexit and asked him to drop it.
I really loved his older ones. No Reservations and The Layover really shined. Lots of great stories about the history of the food, cooking it for hours, or prepping days in advanced. RIP
His newer series, Parts Unknown, got a little too heavy into politics. For like 15 mins each episode, they always interviewed the local person running for some office, talked the policy, and even on the England episode, his host said that she was tired of talking about Brexit and asked him to drop it.
I really loved his older ones. No Reservations and The Layover really shined. Lots of great stories about the history of the food, cooking it for hours, or prepping days in advanced. RIP
I liked Bizarre Foods w/ Andrew Zimmern