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Anthony Bourdain

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Late chef and cultural commentator referenced as example of adventurous eater with genuine appreciation for diverse cuisines, contrasted with obese people who eat 'gross food.'

Mentions (18)
"Foodie: starts off eating organic hipster artisan food. Ends up loving McDonalds (see: Anthony Bourdain claiming his favorite restaurant is In-N-Out)"
Every hobby's endgame is a return to entry-level tastes · u/CarkRoastDoffee · ↑661 · 2025-04-10
"I have NEVER seen an obese Anthony Bourdain 'no idea what I'm eating but the Vietnamese lady selling it on the street cooks it deliciously' type before."
Fat people don't like good food · u/JohPorks · ↑528 · 2026-01-16
"The ones who wear only wear sleeveless tops to show off their highly generic tattoos and think because Anthony Bourdain did heroin and wrote a book we all have to listen their shit now."
"Elizabeth Bishop, JD Salinger, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Mavis Gallant, Bourdain's 'Don't eat before reading this', so many legendary stories, debuts, writers, time pieces."
The Collapse of The New Yorker · u/czacc52 · ↑363 · 2024-12-04
"At this point I'm starting to think the culinary world as seen on Food Network, Bourdain, etc. doesn't actually exist and is just a myth like Stanley Kubrick filming the moon landing. That type of person either isn't real or is completely concentrated in a few hundred square feet of LA/LV/NY."
Do people from The Bear actually exist? · PBRstreetgang76 · ↑357 · 2024-05-29
"Italian Americans like The Rizzler prove Bourdain types right that food is the most important part of culture. Irish Scottish English Scandinavian and most of German culture is gone in the United States due to their lack of good cuisine. Meanwhile there's Italian Americans being born post 2015 that "
"Celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsey have both praised the California based fast food chain 'In-N-Out Burger', stating that it's the only fast food they actually enjoy or respect for it's gastronomy."
"I never knew who Anthony Bourdain was before I met this sub (I'm not really a TV watcher), and he's dead now. People hype him up though so I checked out his show on Netflix "Parts Unknown"... I wanted to see some food+travel kino and got this shit instead"
"i haven't been to a theatre since i watched the Bourdain documentary in theaters and realized he was gay for televising his therapy."
"What does this sub think of the late Anthony Bourdain? Been watching reruns of his show. He seemed like a fun guy, and I appreciate the fact that he took viewers off the beaten path to consider culinary experiences that most never would've thought about."
Anthony Bourdain · u/EJ881903 · ↑37 · 2023-04-17
"So after 8 months of this I just wanna say "fuck it" and throw myself at the world. I had a Russian ex who used to hitchike and travel around the Caucasus and Central Asia by bike and motorcycle; half the reason I was into her was because she had been living my dream life. I want to travel like that"
should i blow my savings bourdainmaxxing ? (yes) · u/PathalogicalObject · ↑37 · 2024-11-28
"That shit he said to David Chang makes me sad. He was still mostly a good dude but wtf"
Bourdain documentary fucked me up · u/DrWaluigi420 · ↑35 · 2021-07-20
"It's one of those stupid Anthony bourdain moments where I understand the divine importance of food and restaurants."
At the Namaste Restaurant in the Latin Quarter of Paris right now · u/Specialist_Art_9269 · ↑28 · 2025-02-08
"i haven't been to a theatre since i watched the Bourdain documentary in theaters and realized he was gay for televising his therapy"
"What does this sub think of the late Anthony Bourdain? Been watching reruns of his show. He seemed like a fun guy, and I appreciate the fact that he took viewers off the beaten path to consider culinary experiences that most never would've thought about."
Anthony Bourdain · u/EJ881903 · ↑37 · 2023-04-17
"just wanna bourdainmax (minus the part where i rope)"
should i blow my savings bourdainmaxxing ? (yes) · u/PathalogicalObject · ↑37 · 2024-11-28
"That shit he said to David Chang makes me sad. He was still mostly a good dude but wtf"
Bourdain documentary fucked me up · u/DrWaluigi420 · ↑35 · 2021-07-20
"State department ass takes on the overthrowing of Gaddafi"
Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown Libya episode is propaganda · u/houseofpierre · ↑20 · 2023-02-18
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