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   ChiefHDB - February 24 2008 @ 6:11 pm Tony, this is hilarious, is there any way we're going to get to see video of this hellish occasion? The non PG version, of course.
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   Tampa Girl - February 24 2008 @ 7:08 pm So Tony, do you think that the ladies will stop asking you if you need a girlfriend since you've mentioned your wife? Probably not. On that note, hope the baby is doing well. She's probably cute is hell. Man, what is happening to this world! You insult people time and time again and they still like ya. I was wondering if you would run into Ray. It would have been so much better if she smacked you upside your head with a 30 minute pot! I really wouldn't like that to happen but it sure would have made for better writing. Tpa Girl
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   Gaby - February 24 2008 @ 7:11 pm Does Tony have kids? If yes, then what lucky kids. If not, too bad. We need more Tonys to keep us on our culinary toes.
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   Chris n TJ - February 24 2008 @ 7:20 pm Tony, buck up! Maybe, just maybe, all those "icons" you mentioned were hospitable - even gracious - because you speak the truth and they recognize it. That's why it's so important to not change that thing it is that you do. Don't worry about hurting anyone's feelings. If they hurt it's 'cause they recognize their own inner beast. Now... afraid yer losing your anger. I got the cure. Come out to Santa Rosa, CA. Wine Country! Oh yeah...yer favorite. And, we've even got our own FN celebrity chef. Heck....I live one block down from his restaurant. Come on out and I'll spring for dinner. You can cleanse yourself at Zazu or Willy's afterward...heh. Cheers!
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   kathie - February 24 2008 @ 7:53 pm tony, you are great! loved the episode in russia! saw the interview with you and the picture of you with your daughter, she is so cute. you must be very excited. is this your second marriage. what nationality is your wife? love that you hate all of the people on the food network.
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   Jeff - February 24 2008 @ 8:59 pm It cracks me up when I hear Tony ripping on Rachel Ray.
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   Teresa - February 24 2008 @ 10:04 pm While attempting to get some computer work done, your episode in the Kalahari desert with roasted warthog intestines is too funny. I love your work and this show. Teresa, in Tampa
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   Teresa - February 24 2008 @ 10:16 pm While attempting to get some computer work done, and listening to your episode in the Kalahari desert with roasted warthog intestines, you were so funny. So much for my work! I love your show, may have to try one of your books!. And since this is my first time with commenting on a blog, it seems I have posted a message twice! 'Xcuse my error! Teresa, in Tampa
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   Dale Cruse - February 24 2008 @ 10:31 pm "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
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    Chesh - February 24 2008 @ 11:27 pm Good for Mrs. Bourdain! With skills like that I bet she keeps you in line. Did she offer you protection from Robert Irving? Perhaps now you will consider taking her along on your travels to tackle some of the more physical tasks...like spelunking and martial arts. She sounds like my kinda' woman!
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    Reverend Xenakaboom - February 25 2008 @ 12:09 am See? I told ya---you should have had Ruhlman's back.
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    Tim Elmore - February 25 2008 @ 12:10 am Please don't get soft on them Tony. Chefdom needs its "watchdog".
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    ran - February 25 2008 @ 2:54 am First, my compliments. Obviously, you've done something right when you're able to attract so many people to your show. Truly, you're an inspiration... Second, I watched the show in Singapore, and much as I would like to write something cute and all... That you made eating shark fin soup anything but completely reprehensible is a real !@#$ thing. I guess you don't care. I hate to say it, because until then, I was a fan, but now, you've just nominated yourself as another part of the problem ... I'm not your fricken parent or conscience, but you screwed up, and hence, you suck. Love, - Ran
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    june-baby - February 25 2008 @ 2:58 am Well I do not feel sorry for Ruhlman I guess he got it what he deserved after he poked Mrs. B. Way to go Mrs. B I would have done the same thing (us girls have to stick together when it comes to guys who like to poke at us). Tony, I hope you said I told you so to Ruhlman.
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    Ellen aka "Queen of Sky" - February 25 2008 @ 3:07 am Tony, if you're still in SoBe, can you please check to see if my favorite Haitian restaurant, Tap-Tap is still over there on 5th St? I used to live down the street. Many thanks! -Ellen aka Queen of Sky P.S. Sounds like you're becoming a softy with your old age.
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    eben - February 25 2008 @ 3:46 am I'm not sure if you peruse these comments or not but just wanted to say that you and Bill Mahr are my heros. You and he both call it like you see it and I appreciate the honesty. Most things shouldn't be sugar-coated, whether politics or food. Kudos to Rocco for helping your shindig, he moved up a few notches in my regard that he lost when I saw his Mom making the meatballs at five in the morning for him. Folks like Ray and Cora should be cool to you, they know deep down the FN sucks! They can't just say it out loud yet. Thanks for putting in the effort to make No Reservations man. Really looking forward to Romania, going to be hard to top the "rectum seeking parasites" adventure in Jamaica. Not so much foodie fun, but the Beruit episode will always be my favorite. Heavy but real, like life. Best Wishes
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    Michael - February 25 2008 @ 4:33 am You're the man, Tony. I think you're overly critical of "A Cook's Tour" (the tv show)- when you wrote about it a few blogs ago. I had only watched "No Reservations" before I saw FN re-running "A Cook's Tour." I expected it would be a low-rent version of "No Reservations" -- and while that may be true in terms of expenditure, the show kicks !@#$! It has so much soul. Seeing you encounter things w/ fresh eyes is a joy to watch. I loved the episode w/ your brother in France. It's funny how all the FN personalities treat you so well. They actually all come off like ok people in my book.
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    Kalyan - February 25 2008 @ 7:17 am Hey Tony, You should watch the food presenters on Indian TV once. They are so stilted, rehearsed and fake. I bet you will never insult anyone on the food network after that. Thank god I discovered you. Cheers Kalyan
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    Chesh - February 25 2008 @ 11:01 am (because I always like to throw rocks at the hornets nest..) Ummm, wasn't it in Kitchen Confidential that I read the inspiring quote "It is good to have enemies. It means that you are important?" I am afraid the friendly Food Network personalities are trying to sideline Anthony. It may be time to find a more worthy opponent.
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    Messy - February 25 2008 @ 11:16 am Perhaps is ferocity you're concerned about? I have a cure. When next you are convinced into actually getting off a plane in a "flyover state", come to Chicago. When you get here, go to a place called Kuma's Corner. Heavy Metal bar by night, best burgers in the city by day. They have adorable (according to The Boy) and much tattooed female bartenders that should make great television.
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    lore - February 25 2008 @ 11:38 am Tony, I'd feel exactly the same way. And I'm sure it leaves you wondering - what now? Do you keep pointing out their faults, which is what is expected of you and what "sells" you to some people, or do you go easier on them, thus losing some of your edge? Whichever way you go, I'll still read/watch. Because people change, and I think one of media's greatest sins is not allowing people to change; freeze-drying them forever in their one great success or failure. love, lore
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    Ladymissgailo - February 25 2008 @ 3:20 pm Dearest Tone, Don't feel like a beastie. You've got to OWN what you said,and OWN what you did.Yea baby!
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    Bob - February 25 2008 @ 4:20 pm Please tell me you at least spit persimmon seeds at that "semi home made" harpy...
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    Bourbon Girl - February 25 2008 @ 5:44 pm I absolutely *love* the fact you married a woman who can totally kick your !@#......now go change that diaper!
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    claudia - February 25 2008 @ 6:06 pm see, Tony and Michael? You should've hijacked Tyler's event, like I theorized - not let him squirm out of yours! And where, oh, where, is the full list of winners, whether they showed or not? And - video! C'mon, I have it on good authority that grillbitch left both her baby and laptop back in NYC, so she (or someone else closely and outrageously connected to your inner circle) definitely had at least one hand free to immortalize this seminal event - you're withholding, Tony!
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    frankdawg81 - February 25 2008 @ 6:37 pm Tony, the problem with being a critic occurs when you meet your target & find out they are a normal person. Then you try to temper your critique so as to spare feelings. It is not good for you or them if you are too easy on them. It makes you a sell-out and feeds an undeserved sense of entitlement for the target. As long as you have a consistent point of view and valid complaints rip away! The first time I ever saw Emeril was on the PBS series "Great Chefs" he was introduced as the head chef and "a man with a flair for self-promotion". GOT THAT RIGHT! I can respect his experience but his shows are boring and trite - he seems full of himself. Rachel is way too perky for my tastes. Ideally suited for for one of those local shows like "AM Portland" or "Cincinnati Today". Her cooking is marginal but at least it fills a niche for harried people. Why Sandra Lee is not on Animal Planet with her dog food is a mystery to me. I was very please to hear that the Cake Clown was ripped in his local paper for selling mediocre tasting cakes! Between him the those stupid competition shows I could avoid FN easily. On the other hand, I'd love to see you take a hack at a cooking show. I am sure it is tougher than it looks to come up with new & interesting eats every week. But your bitter and aggressive attitude could make it fun for a season or two!
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    Elaine - February 25 2008 @ 6:59 pm The total lack of coverage of the "Golden Clogs" by the Miami Herald must have contributed to the sparse audience. I know it would have been at the top of my list, if I had known about it! Most folks arrived for specific venues and couldn't shoe horn a surprise in.
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    Tina Bartlett - February 25 2008 @ 7:43 pm Hi Tony I just wanted you to know that a small town in Northern California thinks you are great. Love the show. I am also a libarian and your books have been the buzz for the month. I read 5 of them in 3 days! You are a great writer and I just wanted to comment on that! Enjoy your work very much!
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    Sues is not Martha - February 25 2008 @ 8:07 pm You guys are seriously the best. I'm upset that there wasn't more coverage of your Golden Clog Awards... I blogged about it! Nice work :) Sues
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    Darrell V - February 25 2008 @ 8:34 pm Tony- I believe that the "twilight zone" episode you encountered must have been a self check to see if any other forces were at work. Most of those that were nice to you realize that you have surp%#@ed them all in popularity. Success that we completely enjoy and as you say "we are hungry for more!" My friends and I are really looking forward to your trip to Orlando. I know this isn't a Tony type of town, but I am sure you can find something to enjoy. Nostrovia!
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    Lorin - February 25 2008 @ 8:50 pm Well, at least your ego survived intact.
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    Vintage - February 25 2008 @ 8:55 pm Man and I thought you were the 'House' of cooking. It may do you some good to lighten up on the harshness a bit you never know. But don't let yourself lighten up so much that you start BSing people but you know that don't you.
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    Pat - February 25 2008 @ 10:36 pm Have you been to Luang Prabang, Laos?
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    Cory Barnes - February 25 2008 @ 11:08 pm knkjzm Hey Tony, don't worry it won't be long before R.R. is on a 40$ a day excursion to Ireland and pissed that she couldn't find a descent Mcnugget in the whole of the country. Nobody wants the bright light of honesty shown their way. If they don't like it then don't be a douche, " unto thine own self be true ".But then I'm probably a douche for writing that because I'm not sure that's the exact quote. Anyway keep doing what you do cause I love it.
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    Zman66 - February 25 2008 @ 11:10 pm Tony... You would think that after all this time Ruhlman would get a clue that when hangin with you something bad is going to happen to him.. Squandering the kids college fund in Vegas.. 3 Way chili.. Your wife kicking his !@# ... Sending in a Video to invite you to Iowa City.. Even if you don't pick it you should come experience the food culture here.. Almost no chain restaurants here and an incredible mix of styles and cuisines. I think you have been here on a book signing tour (you mention the town in Nasty Bits) Keep makin it real Z
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    Kate - February 25 2008 @ 11:55 pm Oh, you are so funny, Tony. Don't loose your edge just Because RR guilt tripped you. I am a little shocked that you would fall for such a move!
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    Giancarlo - February 26 2008 @ 12:50 am Tony, Meeting you in the VIP room was truly an honor. I have to admit, I was a bit star struck man, and I am kind of embarr%#@ed to say it. Of course I don't expect you to remember me, but here's the picture that will be the envy of many of my friends for years to come: http://web.eng.fiu.edu/gbian001/tony.jpg At anyrate, I thought your performance on Saturday was hilarious, though now that Rachael Ray is being polite, perhaps you should attack her travel channel counterpart? Of course I am talking about Sam Brown, but hey, thats your call I guess. Having some more time to reflect on the things that I could have told you, I kick myself for not telling you that you're the reason that my girlfriend and I will be traveling to Vancouver this May. We will no doubt have a great time eating and zip lining and will have you to thank for it. I hope you have a great time in Colombia, (of course I forgot to mention to you that my dad hails from that great part of the world) and good luck trying to get into Cuba. Take care Tony and tell Michael to man up. Looking forward to seeing you at next year's event, Giancarlo Bianchi
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    John Hicks - February 26 2008 @ 3:56 am I hope Tony reads this.......the reason im trying to get this msg to you is I dont have a video camera to send you a clip.... I would Love to send you a Travel Video but the last one I shot was in 1994 on an old sony camcorder that is history to this day... I'm writing to your show to ask if I could take you to Turkey, as your guide, for I grew up there. I was there at 7 weeks old and spent about 13 yrs. there. I was born in the States. I speak p%#@able Turkish and know the Culture and people.The City I would like to take you too is Istanboul, otherwise known to the ancient world as Constantinople. The food is something you have sampled in Europe, Romania and most places known as the former Eastern European nation states..but you have never had real Turkish cuisine(that I know of). From Doner Kebab, made in the different styles...I.E. different locations in the country....Sish Tawouk, Pide, and Ayran....... A good Turkish meal takes time and the sights of Istanbul are so nice. Plus I like to soke a 'rette now and then and have a beer with a good meal...... Pls tell me if you get this....It took me a while to find out how to msg you but that a !@#$% find how to actually send you an e mail ..... john hicks johnr4760@comcast.net
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    Michael - February 26 2008 @ 5:36 am Tony, I just watched the Romania episode -- Zamir is freakin hilarious. Whenever I see Zamir escorting you around in the way only he can, I always think back to this exchange in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade": Elsa: It's perfectly obvious where the pages are. He's given them to Marcus Brody. Professor Henry Jones: Marcus? You didn't drag poor Marcus along did you? He's not up to the challenge. Walter Donovan: He sticks out like a sore thumb. We'll find him. Indiana Jones: The hell you will. He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already. ...And then they cut to Brody TOTALLY sticking out, not knowing the local language or customs in some North African village. Zamir is the Marcus Brody to your Indiana Jones.
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    Kathie & Mike - February 26 2008 @ 7:25 am Hi Tony, Mike & I enjoy your show as you have traveled to many of the same places we did when we worked for the nuclear industry. We have tickets to your March 31 show in Pittsburgh and would love to take you for a beer afterwards. Not the adoring fan type of meeting - just people who have shared many similar experiences. We are both over 50 (well over!) but still have life left in us. Let me know if you're available - we'd love to have you along. See you in Pittsburgh!
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    Michael - February 26 2008 @ 9:50 am Antony, I agree with other viewers of last night show. It was horrible. No purpose. No content. We are talking this morning in the office and even people that have met you and like you are making cnegative comments. It is a shame that you are spending a lot of money and 60 minutes on a national channel and accomplish nothing. Switching back to Zimerman thank-you very much !
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    Mihai - February 26 2008 @ 10:04 am Horrible ! Horrible ! Horrible ! Your last show !
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    Chesh - February 26 2008 @ 10:14 am WOW - all these pissed off commenters must all take some well organized vacations! They have never booked the wrong hotel, gotten ill in a foreign country, relied on bad advice, attended a lousy event, had to care for a friend who drank too much or had a vehicle break down. You all must have some amazing travel agents to be setting you up with such excellent guides in all your travels! Or are you so amazing that you manage to organize all this own your own over the internet? If so - THEN GET YOUR OWN SHOW - afterall, the Travel Channel offers training now! As for me, I've been on a few duds in my life and get a kick out of watching someone with better sence of humor than me deal with it. Goood show/Bad show - I enjoy them all.
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    june-baby - February 26 2008 @ 10:29 am I'am going to post about the Romania episode over here. I still am having troubles logging on over at the message boards. There has been alot of bad comments about the Romania episode I myself thought it was not bad at all of course I love Zamir he is a hoot and a half. I do not know why people did not like this episode, but that is their opinion. If any of you have been watching Michael Phalin's New Europe series you also would have seen Micheal was in Romania too and guess what he was shown the exact places that Tony was. Dracula's Castle, Merry Cementary, and he went to a local's house for dinner. I bet the producers of both Tony's and Michael's shows had to follow the rules given to them by the Romanian Government. I do not know this, but I have a feeling that Romania is still a/former Iron Curtain Country. I would have walked out of that area that Zamir brought Tony into when they were told they had to pay ten euros per meter to film there. Tony did not look like a happy camper either, after all Tony and his crew were given permission to film there and they still were not allowed. Zamir looked confussed by it and I'am sure he already knew they had permission to film there too. So please don't cut Tony down he was just following the rules given to him by the Romanian Government. You have to follow the rules no matter what places you travel to or you could wind up in the jail house.
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    claudia - February 26 2008 @ 10:40 am OK, as a public service to the TC blog, here is the report from eaters.com - still hunting for video: http://sf.eater.com/archives/2008/02/22/sobewire_liveblogging_the_2008.php It appears on EATERS.COM, not Ruhlman or even Travel Channel? Oh, man, Tony - we wuz robbed!!!
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    artnlit - February 26 2008 @ 10:49 am testing... first message disappeared!
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    artnlit - February 26 2008 @ 10:54 am Oh Tony, you truly missed out on a great opportunity here - pay per view snark awards coupled with the Ruhlman vs. Ottavia xtreme death match! Just think of all the $$ you could have made. LOL. Considering the $#@& that is hitting the fan over on the NR chat board about the Romania episode, I hope that you will soon post the cloggie list/video of your escapades in Florida to appease the angry m%#@es. As for my fellow Pittsburghers' kind offer above, I have you covered, so your calendar is full. I have the second part of your gift to give you. Cheers, Bonnie (artnlit)
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    Jules - February 26 2008 @ 2:53 pm There is room for all of you Tony. I personally cannot stand Cat Cora, I think Rachel would eventually get on my nerves but I like her alright. I do see how you could take issue with her style but not everyone is a gourmet. She has her place in the American Home. You will always be king to those of us that really matter.
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    Clare - February 26 2008 @ 3:26 pm Bourdain, don't go all soft on us now. I mean, the woman says "sammies" at least 20 times a day. She never takes a real bite of food on any of her shows (cue video of RayRay taking a nibble and before the crumb has even touched her tongue, proclaiming, "YUM-O!") and she has the nerve to host a panel on childhood obesity while pushing Dunkin' Donuts. She deserves it, man.
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    Dave - February 26 2008 @ 4:32 pm Are you getting soft, old man? What would Bigfoot say?
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    Grayson - February 26 2008 @ 11:16 pm Beware, Tony. There will come a time this week when Paula Deen will pat your emerging potbelly, feed you some Krispy Kreme bread pudding, and then your return to The Dark Side (FN) will be complete. You'll be sitting in as the interim host of Dinner Impossible before you can say "Kraft Select".
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    Annonymous - February 27 2008 @ 1:21 am You made a trip to one of the most exiting culinary cultures and you took a no-educated not Romanian guide, that show you the lowest of the low of the society that even him did not like! I am terribly sorry for you lack of sense and lack of traveler spirit and sense and finding the right people to travel with, in a country that was for 3000 years in between so many cultures and Empires and worlds that left the best: FOOD. Nobody talk with "Comrades" in Romania is fake and stupid! You are just made fun of yourself! It seams that even your self did not like this guy! You could have had so much good time! And learn so much more! You where in Romania with a Russian? Go to Russia with a Russian! To your reputation I expected much more. You could get a normal Romanian culinary educated tour guide. All you showed is fake and horrible and untraditional (most of the time). You missed to show all the millions of vegetarian dishes and kosher dishes and you also missed that the kosher kitchen has a very much originated in Romania. Instead we show dead pig heads most of your show. If it was a freak in that place it was you and your friend. 2 outsiders came in a nice place one more stupid than the other and transform it into something with some journalistic facts put in very unfriendly terms. You could have seen so much traditional food in Bucharest. Each region specific with so many soups so many others dished that as a culinary expert I guess you will never taste. You disappointed so many people that where expecting a great show. my boyfriend, that is not Romanian specially made sure for weeks that I am going to watch because the great Anthony Bordain will be fantastic, Shame on you, as a journalist, human been, culinary expert and tourist, Anthony Bordain, if you where close by I would have punch you in the nose and I am only a very gentle woman, doctor. What a joke of a man with a job badly done! The reason I came to America is because this country is honest and fair and have some how a way to repair itself in its own systems. I love you guys. You are great! But Bordain sucks badly! The only good think I can thing of, coming out of the terrible misleading show in Romanian, is that is broad out so many Romanians together in indignation. Why don't we get together and have parties and enjoy our great cuisine and dance the hora. How about to meet in any Romanian Restaurant in USA, in each of our cities. Why don't we meet on 1st of March on "MARTISOR" woman’s day Saturday night? And celebrate our food and dance nobody from Romania is upsait with you, Anthony. Either Romanian or not. Even those comments in those side look realy partialy manufacturate on the positive site. We just want you to see real and tell the trouth and to be a good journalist and chef and be clear real! Please! Your are a fine man. So when you go again there, get a nice shave, haircut and put your most respectful face! People from all over the world we enjoy that place. Is not point to fabricate for yourself positive remarcs about the show. Just do the great job aparently you allways dod before. I am shure a lot of people woudl be more than happy to gove you the greatest of time with much love
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    Sara - February 27 2008 @ 1:55 am "Rachael Ray was unfailingly polite. I fear I might even have hurt her feelings."
    
    Oh, Anthony! Surely you're not so naive as to believe that RayRay being polite to you was indicative of any sort of FEELINGS. Unless they were feelings of "Oh my God, I would DISEMBOWEL this guy with my BARE HANDS if I knew it wouldn't jeopardize my endorsement money!"
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    Ressa - February 27 2008 @ 12:35 pm Rachael Ray can handle her own. She knows you are just grumpy.
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    artnlit - February 27 2008 @ 1:03 pm If Rachel Ray could handle her own, she would have the guts to just tell Tony he is an a$$hole to his face. He'd probably respect her for it. And no, I don't think he is one - just that SHE should do it.
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    artnlit - February 27 2008 @ 3:21 pm FOR THOSE INTERESTED - THERE IS A 10 MINUTE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OF TONY (WITH RUHLMAN AT TIMES) SPEAKING AT THIS FESTIVAL. SEARCH UNDER "ANTHONY BOURDAIN uncensored". ENJOY!
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    Erin - February 27 2008 @ 4:51 pm Ok, seriously....feelings?!?! Since when did you become friggin Oprah?
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    lianna - February 28 2008 @ 4:46 am I love you Mr. Bourdain. Rachel ray being 'unfailingly' polite? What a joke. She's a phoney.
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    Camusman - March 02 2008 @ 1:26 pm This just in-- Sir Robert Irvine has released a follow-up announcement to his "mea culpa" release of March 1. "Just to clarify," began Irvine, "when I said that I helped to decorate Diana Spenser's cake, what I meant was that I helped her to ice cupcakes when she was a nanny. And when I said that I had cooked at the white house, I was referring to a catering job at a white frame house in Alexandria, Virginia, within view of Washington D.C. Also, my degree from Leeds was actually from a branch campus there of the University of Phoenix. The Food Network could not be reached for comment.
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    Sexy Foodie - March 02 2008 @ 5:40 pm Wife? Baby? Kill me,... I so0 saw you as the sexy loner,...%#@!,...
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    Sexy Foodie - March 02 2008 @ 5:44 pm P.S. Hate Rachel Ray,...any food that is made in a few minutes is an insult to the existence of culinary art. She sucks.
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    Jay - March 03 2008 @ 12:18 pm PLEASE let there be a "No Res" on SoBe! Just to see AB and RR in the same room. I'm hoping to go next year, will you and the Golden Clogs return?
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    Paul Nahm - March 03 2008 @ 4:14 pm hahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhaha
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    MitchHellman - March 03 2008 @ 10:08 pm Rachael Ray was polite to you? Geez, after the way you've treated her, it's a wonder she didn't slice and dice your cojones with a broken bottle of EVOO. Not that I blame you... :)
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    george kotsidis - March 03 2008 @ 11:52 pm Hi Tony ,we watch your show all the time. My roomate and I simply laugh and respect all the foods you eat and drinks you drink.We as two Greek-American living in South Jersey working 20 years in the hospitality business need you to choose us as your guides to Thesaloniki Greece which is the best food paradise in Greece.Not to mention the summer goddesses that roam the beaches(nude)and eat fresh crustations daily for free from the mediteranean.Lov it were in our 30s and loving life with greek wine and greek women Ohh throw in a couple of female tourist in the mix LOL
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    mdietrich - March 07 2008 @ 2:21 am Tony, sounds like great fun...you and Michael "Shakes" Ruhlman spending the weekend with FN luminaries such as Rachel "big butt" Ray, Cat "the pie eater" Cora, and Jamie "Opie" Oliver. Sounds like a bad episode of the Love Boat...or maybe "The Osbournes". Too bad Guy Fietti and Michael Chiarelli couldn't make it,,,heard that they eloped.
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    charles webster baer - March 07 2008 @ 2:48 pm tony , your the best ah yeah
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    Claire - March 07 2008 @ 3:48 pm Good thing your wife is taking martial arts. Someone has to protect you from pissed-off Romanians!!!
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    You snob - March 11 2008 @ 5:09 pm You should feel bad. You're a food snob and it's irritating. Those are all great chef's (Emeril & Jamie especially) and you know it.
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    Santa Cruz Momma - March 13 2008 @ 2:47 pm I think having children changes you at the core, perhaps this is why you didn't feel angry. You're basically them, a celebrity chef, just trying to make his own way. I'm sure they could have been petty and spiteful towards you but kindness is almost always more disarming. Take care.
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    A.j. - March 25 2008 @ 11:47 pm *falls over laughing* Hon, you know Rachel was probably mentally practicing her knife skills on your skull, right? Women (and I say this with the knowledge that I do this on a regular damn basis) who are unfailingly polite to you after you constantly insult them will probably be in the process of poisoning your drink. That being said? *laughs* God, you remind me of my father.
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    Bob Kincaid - March 31 2008 @ 11:17 am With regard to Rachel Ray's overt politeness, a parable: A pair of sisters get together after a long time apart. Each has married a wealthy man. The first sister brags of all the things hubby has given her: "Why jus' las' month, he gave me a new Mersaaaaaydeez!" Replies the other sister: "How niiiiice!" "For are annivers'ry, he took me to Venice," boasts the first sister. Quoth her sibling "How niiiiice!" "Just the other day, he brought me diamond earrings!" Says the other sister: "How niiiiice!" Finally, the first sister asks her: "What's your hubby given YOU?" "Wail, she says, "he sent me to a really fancy charm school!" "Really," asks her sis. "What did you learn?" "We learned to say 'How niiiiice" everytime we want to say "&$#@ YOU!" And therein lies the unfailing politeness of Rachel Ray. Here endeth the Lesson.
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    Allene - April 15 2008 @ 4:04 am This is the first time I've left a comment on ANY website/blog (whatever that means). Tony, I've read your books and watched and enjoyed you on the tube since your foray into the Food Channel, now in those reruns that have dismayed/disgusted you. Those, I actually find entertaining again, at least some time has elapsed since their original broadcast. However, almost every time I turn on the Travel Channel for a little "escape" entertainment, ie: almost daily,one of your more recent reruns is always showing. This seems to go on all day and night! Talk about a lack of talent on the Food Channel, what about the apparent dearth of same on the Travel Channel? You must not have any control over how often reruns are shown. I'm sure you and even your loved ones must say, "Oh no, not him, again!" The Travel Channel definitely needs to ramp up their recruiting. Andrew Zimmer and those guys living with the jungle tribe just don't cut it! Please forward this to the appropriate T.C.dept since I have no clue how. Thanks!
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    JackSprat - April 16 2008 @ 11:57 am There is no such thing as negative publicity. Everytime you slam Rachel Ray or Rocco, etc... (however well deserved) you do them a favor by keeping their "brand" fresh in the mind of the public. They will sell much more product because of your "venom" and that is why they are happy to attend your functions and are civil. P.S. Love the show!
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    Carmen Regine - April 16 2008 @ 6:44 pm IN RESPONSE TO BOB Kincaid... it is a learned reaction, isn't it. We say nice things and it confounds the intended "victim" playing on his/her ego, id and nerve for long afterward. I agree. I do it all the time. I call it Verbal slapping. Problem is, no one can truly be certain if you're feeding them... or labeling them a pig; so to speak. Put in the realm of self searching... I was told to go "travel teaching" some years ago, by some BAHAIS... it's a "religious move" in their terminology. I was told that I would have to pay for the trip from my own funds... they don't have money for such. The idea is to promote general principles of goodwill while seeng the world and it's people. Needless to say, I held my money to my own goodwill missions.... ADVERTISING don't come free. I guess you mightsay they got a returned [uppercut] on the insinuation that could have been taken as a "get lost" innuendo. But then... it offers a great opportunity to GO FIND OURSELVES, doesn't it.
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    Amy Livingston - May 01 2008 @ 12:27 pm God, I so wish you could find that old Tony for us and bring him back. I love the idea of Anthony Bourdain. Lately though, most of your shows are even tedious to watch.. Maybe it is time for new producers or writers or SOMETHING. I love you Tony, I just want some more of that naturally clever wit you used to roll of your sharp tongue. What happened to the Anthony Bourdain that gave us such pleasure to watch in the early days?
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    Carmen - May 18 2008 @ 10:55 am IN ONE LAST EXERTION OF EFFORT I am tryng to remember Rhulman... boxing outside of Puerto Rico and somethig beond the wacking of poor (what was his name? )...the sacrificail lamb fella. I remember only that Tony...errr, uhhh.. you mentioned that you were trying to "get lost". I have therefore provided you the route shown us in Springfield... it is guaranteed to get one headed on the LOST PATH started. GOOD LUCK and any needed hugs... Tony.
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    chad - July 06 2008 @ 9:17 pm why bourdain never visits Turkey?
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    Golden - August 05 2008 @ 11:36 pm Tony, Don't fall for the Rachael Ray was very polite trick. Get back on the RR bashing train as soon as you can.
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    sohbet - September 10 2008 @ 10:50 am Thank you very much for this information.
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    chat - November 18 2008 @ 9:04 pm

    Thanks

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    tala karınca yumurtası yağı - January 02 2009 @ 8:40 pm

    nice
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    Rafael - February 09 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    Mr. Bourdain, I enjoyed your show on the Mexican/American border. I was glad to see that there are still people that appreciate the food, tradition, and beutiful people of Mexico! Your show is another way to bring all the cultures of our Countries together and promote each others cultures, traditions, struggles. . . .and of course the food! Great show I am hooked, please consider the food of Zacatecas state in central Mexico, You can count on my family and I to guide your crew and yourself. Adios.

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    catalog movie - August 01 2009 @ 11:08 am

    do you think that the lord will stop asking you if you need a girl that you gave your wife? Probably not. In that note, I hope that the child is well. She's probably cute is hell. Man, what is happening in this world! It is time to insult the people and time again and again like ya. I wondered if it would be in Ray. It would have been much better if you know upside the head with a pot for 30 minutes! I do not want that to happen, but it certainly would have done better in writing. Tpa Girl

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    job search - October 28 2009 @ 12:27 am

    I'd feel exactly the same way. And I'm sure it leaves you wondering - what now? Do you keep pointing out their faults, which is what is expected of you and what "sells" you to some people, or do you go easier on them, thus losing some of your edge? Whichever way you go, I'll still read/watch.

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