josh homme desert episode was kind of horrible. they should have shown the mountains of cocaine they went through instead.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Finally got around to watching the Kurdistan episode. Very interesting.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Anthony Bourdain and Jerry Stahl . . . separated at birth?
http://www.citylights.com/html/WYSIWYGfiles/image/jerry_l.jpg
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I like when Bourdain hangs out with Josh Homme in Palm Springs.
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
On Alice Waters: "She's not a particularly good spokes model for her cause. She comes from an area rich in delicious things. She's comfortable, she has very elitist tastes that she has a very had time concealing. Actually, that's the part of Alice Waters I like. Her love of Provence and the Mediterranean sensibility is both charming and not helpful."
― buzza, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
kinda liking the No Reservation reboot The Layover
― Aerosol, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
I keep meaning to watch it
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
Anthony Bourdain already said it best: “When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you’ve been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you’ve got type 2 diabetes… It’s in bad taste if nothing else.”
(w/r/t Paula Deen)
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'm finding the Layover a lot more enjoyable than the average No Res episode. Thought SF in particular was way better
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
NYC, Rome and Montreal have been my favourite eps so far. Haven't seen San Fran or London yet though.
― smash williams, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
He definitely seems more into it. More drinking, less eating things he doesn't appear to love and saying "oh, that's good. yep, that's good."
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
he seemed drunk out of his mind in sf.. seemed like a pretty representative trip to me.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
the beginning of this thread makes no sense
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
the layover is kind of like a focused run at a place instead of the "let's drive around and pontificate upon the deep history of this land from my american perspective" which I was really getting tired of.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:43 PM (2 hours ago)
tony does seem to get way more trashed in these shows.
― Aerosol, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
SF was beyond any point I remember seeing him on camera before, though! He was like your embarrassing drunk friend who has to talk to everyone and comment loudly about how great things are when they made it to the late night diner.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
What was funny was that apparently Danny from Mission Chinese didn't really know him and kept giving him looks like, 'Dude, you're fucked up,' as he escorted him around. It looked like a fairly good visit for him but I kind of preferred it when he didn't go to the right places before.
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
he gets very grinny & smiley when he's drunk (don't we all haha)
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
― mh, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:07 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
any time he would visit a communist or former communist country his inner milquetoast liberal would emerge and irritate the shit out of me with his constant handwringing - apparently all the capitalist dystopias in africa and se asia that he visits don't have regimes worth commenting on
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
The Cambodia one was pretty good in that regard...? Maybe the exception that proves the rule though
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
Don't remember handwringing in Vietnam either, but the No Res episodes kind of blur together
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I'm havimg trouble remembering specific eps
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
He's been to Vietnam a couple times, iirc
― mh, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
where's his parade?
― omar little, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
He had plenty of unkind things to say about Liberia's history. He was in Thailand during conflict and seemed to try his best to describe what was going on. Same with both times he was in Beirut. When he was in Macau he talked shit about how materialistic the culture was while freely admitting to enjoying his time there immensely. Same with Miami, really.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
No Reservations is done. Bourdain moves to CNN.
It's official: Anthony Bourdain is leaving the Travel Channel behind and is headed to CNN. It's the end of No Reservations, the Emmy award-winning series that has run for eight seasons (the premiere was July 25, 2005). Bourdain tweeted that the production company Zero Point Zero will come along for the ride: "Moving with same ZPZ crew over to CNN to do another world travel show. Congo? Libya? Finally?"It was confirmed from ZPZ that the current season of No Reservations on Travel Channel will be its last; currently the second season of The Layover is in production and will air on the Travel Channel. Reached for comment, Bourdain tells Eater: "Same production team, same amazing crew, same me--but the world just got a whole lot bigger."According to a press release from CNN, the yet unnamed show will premiere in early 2013 and is "slated to air domestically on Sundays in prime time." The new show will "be shot on location and examine cultures from around the world through their food and dining and travel rituals." Bourdain also will "offer commentary on other CNN programs and platforms, domestically and internationally, providing insights into current events and debates around food and health and other cultural conversations." CNN is scrambling: With April 2012 ratings the lowest in years, the network is trying a more international approach to news.The relationship between the trouble-making Bourdain and Travel Channel's parent Scripps (which also owns the Food Network) has always been a delicate dance. Even back in 2009 when Scripps aquired Travel Channel, Eater National ran with the headline "Will Bourdain Actually Jump Ship From the Travel Channel?" Now it's finally happened.
It was confirmed from ZPZ that the current season of No Reservations on Travel Channel will be its last; currently the second season of The Layover is in production and will air on the Travel Channel. Reached for comment, Bourdain tells Eater: "Same production team, same amazing crew, same me--but the world just got a whole lot bigger."
According to a press release from CNN, the yet unnamed show will premiere in early 2013 and is "slated to air domestically on Sundays in prime time." The new show will "be shot on location and examine cultures from around the world through their food and dining and travel rituals." Bourdain also will "offer commentary on other CNN programs and platforms, domestically and internationally, providing insights into current events and debates around food and health and other cultural conversations." CNN is scrambling: With April 2012 ratings the lowest in years, the network is trying a more international approach to news.
The relationship between the trouble-making Bourdain and Travel Channel's parent Scripps (which also owns the Food Network) has always been a delicate dance. Even back in 2009 when Scripps aquired Travel Channel, Eater National ran with the headline "Will Bourdain Actually Jump Ship From the Travel Channel?" Now it's finally happened.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 10:22 (eleven years ago) link
Interview with Bourdain and Ottavia (didn't know that she was a Brazilian jiu jitsu fighter).
I like this part...
Anthony Bourdain: Very early on, shortly after we met, I remember Ottavia saying, 'I know a very good Hungarian butcher shop, and they have wonderful tripe goulash', and I remember thinking, "Wow, you've been in this country maybe five or six years. How would this woman know this?' I'd been living here forever and had no clue that such a thing even existed. I just thought it was amazing that A) She liked tripe goulash, and B) knew where to find it. I thought it was just so awesome.Interviewer to Anthony Bourdain: Did you ever think that as a kid growing up in the New York City and New Jersey areas, that you would ever be where you are today?Anthony Bourdain: Twelve years ago, at 44, I was standing next to a deep fryer with no hope and no expectations. I would never have dared to dream that life would turn out as it has.
Interviewer to Anthony Bourdain: Did you ever think that as a kid growing up in the New York City and New Jersey areas, that you would ever be where you are today?
Anthony Bourdain: Twelve years ago, at 44, I was standing next to a deep fryer with no hope and no expectations. I would never have dared to dream that life would turn out as it has.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 18 June 2012 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
inspirational
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
wow re Ottavia's eating habits
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
"It's like a wolf's lair. I am just constantly throwing meat in her direction" is some funny shit.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/10/anthony-bourdain-roast.html
Some good lines here, also could be xposted to worst sounding sushi roll at guy fieri's southern bbq & california style sushi restaurant tex wasabi's
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
goddamn I would kill my grandmother for video of that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
Ted Allen might be kinda funny?!
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait to watch it and see fieri be unfunny
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
very very shocked
Ted Allen is vicious, always knew he had it in him
that Bourdain line about Chopped being cheap as hell is so true
I think he wears his sunglasses backwards so people get confused and don’t punch him in the face.
I lol'd
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Ted Allen is p funny
The 'Pretentious Foodie Bullshit' sketch he did for the Onion is worth seeinghttp://www.ifc.com/onn/videos/onion-news-network-celebrity-chef-ted-allen-cooks-his-favorite-pretentious-foodie-bullshit-meal
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Gilbert Gottfried sure knows his way around a fat joke
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
the bedsheet over the ocean was good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Hilarious. Looks like Batali also took a serious beating. And making fun of Fieri is like taking candy from a baby
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:01 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nothing better than a good fat joke
The Layover a superior show in its brevity and hijinks to latter-day No Reservations
― mh, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
ticketmaster selling tix for his Bourdain/Ripert talking gig thingy- $175 a ticket ;_; ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Tony on leaving Travel Channel: http://anthonybourdain.tumblr.com/post/35577815503/fighting-mad
― dansplaining (dan m), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
The Cadillac thing so utterly dickish.
Kind of assuming the contract for The Layover episodes was a little better so there won't be any post-production interference
― mh, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
i never dug the layover. but last season and what i've seen from season 9 (well, i've only seen the brooklyn episode) was pretty great: penang, lisbon, mozambique. even if he goes on to a career of $175/ticket speaking tours and even if the cnn show sux... for all its flaws, no reservations was beautifully shot and anthony bourdain is a compelling, likeable non-dickish host and this will go down as the best travel show ever put on television.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
Anthony Bourdain Is Not Selling Out, Even if The Taste Is a Little Cheesy
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
― mh, Monday, December 3, 2012 11:50 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
Taste aired last night. Do we/should we have a thread for this show? It's equal parts terrible and good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link