Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael Bourdainis an American chef, author, and television personality. He is a 1978 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens, including many years as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles. Although Bourdain is no longer employed as a chef, he maintains a relationship with Les Halles in New York. He became widely known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. His first food and world-travel television show was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth25 June 1956
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
that diplomacy is served, and order is restored to the universe.
All of these concoctions that we think are Mexican, are in no way reflective of the deep, incredibly old, complex and sophisticated deep regional cuisine of Mexico. Or the new modern Mexican cuisine, which has really been exploding over the last few years. I think we just have a completely misrepresented view of how good, how complex these flavors are. I think we could learn a lot more. It's a great cuisine that's really moving forward, faster than any other.
I'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American [food].
As Americans, we tend to look at Mexican food as nachos, which is not Mexican food really - they don't eat them.
It's not as much an expose as it is a memoir, with some things that seem to have shocked and horrified some of the civilian population,
We learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.
There are a lot less restraints on it than there used to be. It comes with a parental warning in the US before each segment. For mature audiences only.
I could eat bloody Elvis - if you put enough vinegar on him.
I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve.
I need the anesthetic qualities of the local fire water.
I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.
I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
What's the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture or chef culture that people can look at in a new way.