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Anthony Bourdain: A Week in Review
by monique t
News / June 16, 2006
Early this week Anthony Bourdain charmed audiences in British Columbia.
During his visit to Vancouver, Raincoast recorded an upcoming podcast with Anthony Bourdain. You can also see a couple of photos from the book signing at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks. The doors opened at 7:30 AM and by the time Bourdain arrived at 8 AM, the line-up for the signing went along 3 of the 4 walls of the store.
If you can't wait for the podcast, check out Vanessa Richmond's Tyee article about the day she spent touring around with Anthony Bourdain. You'll also be able to read some of the answers to the questions you submitted for the podcast contest.
Read about what Bourdain has to say:
On whether looking at cooking creates better eating
On how heroin prepared him for celebrity
On authenticity in the midst of the celebrity craze
On women in kitchens
On why New York slackers are fed by Mexican kitchens
On fear of clowns, rats and Paris Hilton
On people who spend $12,000 on barbeques and use them twice, a trend the New York Times called "Pimp My Grill"
On eating locally exclusively
On fast-food "crack for children", which has a hilarious quote from Anthony, "I said once that McDonald's is like crack for children. And eating in proximity to clowns is never a good thing."
On how to start eating better
On fear of food
On cynical cooks and optimistic travellers
and On food and sex
Here's the link to Vanessa's article. Thanks for the insights Vanessa!