The following posts were made in October 2008. You may subscribe to the RSS feed for this archive if you would like to take your time reading through our posts.
http://anthony-bourdain-blog.travelchannel.com/archive/10-2008.rssFailure has a stench all its own. It smells like fear ... and shame. I may have been conveniently removed from the burning wreckage inspired by last week's experiment, happily narcotized in a pressurized cabin on its way to Manila, but the odor followed me just the same.
It says something when the comments about a show (on my blog and on the message boards) were smarter, more thoughtful and insightful than the show itself.
The People Have Spoken.
Continue Reading Pressure Drop.
No. It's not a new series.
And no. I'm not suffering from some kind of weird, late-in-life, delusional Arsenio-esque urges . Monday night's AT THE TABLE thing is a one-off (or maybe a two or three-off) idea where I get to sit down, talk about a lot of pretty obscure, insider food and travel-related issues with some opinionated friends--and at the same time--eat for free at a restaurant I respect and find intensely interesting. We may repeat may do a couple more down the road--locally based and with local chefs and guests in other cities, but this does not signify some strange new direction.
Continue Reading What We Talk About, When We Talk About Food.
What We Talk About, When We Talk About Food