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Chow / Books Anthony Bourdain's Nasty Bits
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Food writer/former chef/TV host Anthony Bourdain is in town tonight at the Moore with his newest book Medium Raw. While he's looking more distinguished these days*, panties will doubtlessly be dropping to the floor (if not thrown outright at the stage). Tony drives the ladies insane.
At a fancy dinner at Union when he was in town for The Nasty Bits, a female fan attempted an uninvited under-the-table crotch massage. This fan then almost got beaten with a baguette for her trouble (by Bourdain's assistant, not by him). More on that crazy evening over here.
* Overheard in the office: "Looks like someone hit him with the old stick!" Damn, that's cold.
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Hell, even I'd let him have his way with me for an hour's conversation. I want to know where he stands on the vital question "is ketchup allowed on a dog?" I know he'd say no, I just know it.
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Guy Fieri: a semi-trailer and two tour busses emblazoned with his dopey mug and book covers.
Bourdain: only the marquee tips you off that he's in the house tonight.
Bourdain: only the marquee tips you off that he's in the house tonight.
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He's a little too "blue-blood/white-collar dropout" for me. When I read his first book "Common People" kept running through my head.
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i like bourdain for many reasons people dislike him...and his books are fun reads that distract from most books about food. oh yeah, and he loves pork.
@fnarf...that would be a ten second convo, NO KETCHUP on hot dogs evah. ditto for god damn cream cheese!
@fnarf...that would be a ten second convo, NO KETCHUP on hot dogs evah. ditto for god damn cream cheese!
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@6, he took care of that problem by genuinely working really hard, and by being really good at his job, and then being even better at his new job. His show is so much better than any other travel show in the history of TV it's unbelievable. For one thing, he actually goes to interesting places, and for another he actually gets a look at the cultures there, not just the hotels and cloth-napkin restaurants. His program about Medellin, Colombia should have won awards.
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I tend to cheat on the "no ketchup" rule at baseball games, when the only available condiments are mustard, ketchup, onions, and relish. If there are proper condiments though (e.g., tomatoes, pickle, peppers, celery salt, etc.), ketchup is not allowed...
The first episode of No Reservations I saw was his first trip to India -- it was shortly after I had spent a month there. It was on around the same time as that fuck-wit Jeremy Piven's special on his travels to India. The difference between the two was huge -- Piven has a "religious experience" about being there (oh, I'm so spiritual and holy now and isn't it wonderful and the people are so beautiful...). Bourdain is upfront about the good and the bad (it can be a difficult place to travel, etc.) and seemed to have a genuine experience of the place (vs. the manufactured ones you often get in travel shows). I seriously fell in love with that show over the fake cock fight scene in that episode. Not as regular about watching it now as I was a few years ago, but I'm still a fan...
The first episode of No Reservations I saw was his first trip to India -- it was shortly after I had spent a month there. It was on around the same time as that fuck-wit Jeremy Piven's special on his travels to India. The difference between the two was huge -- Piven has a "religious experience" about being there (oh, I'm so spiritual and holy now and isn't it wonderful and the people are so beautiful...). Bourdain is upfront about the good and the bad (it can be a difficult place to travel, etc.) and seemed to have a genuine experience of the place (vs. the manufactured ones you often get in travel shows). I seriously fell in love with that show over the fake cock fight scene in that episode. Not as regular about watching it now as I was a few years ago, but I'm still a fan...
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Putting ketchup on hot dogs is the second-nastiest childhood habit I've not left behind. I am that furtive guy at the condiment bar.
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I hate mustard, I don't like it on *anything*. I do however like ketchup.
Why the hell would I put a condiment I dislike on my hot dog?
I've had people in response to this question say "well, then you shouldn't be eating hot dogs!"
FUCK YOU, MUSTARD PEOPLE!
Why the hell would I put a condiment I dislike on my hot dog?
I've had people in response to this question say "well, then you shouldn't be eating hot dogs!"
FUCK YOU, MUSTARD PEOPLE!
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@4
Adam Richman of Man V Food said "Anthony Bourdain would kill me for putting ketchup on my hot dog" so there you go.
Adam Richman of Man V Food said "Anthony Bourdain would kill me for putting ketchup on my hot dog" so there you go.
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I used to watch Bourdain, but frankly, he's become a tired, old drunk and really isn't that entertaining.
Plus, while visiting Sweden he made the comment that the Swedes need to apologize to the world for ABBA. To which I thought, "fuck you Bourdain," and have never watched him since.
Plus, while visiting Sweden he made the comment that the Swedes need to apologize to the world for ABBA. To which I thought, "fuck you Bourdain," and have never watched him since.
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I didn't get all the hoopla about Bourdain until I saw the episode of No Reservations shot in Tijuana. I thought that was one of the funniest, and most interesting, travel or food shows I'd ever seen. (He pointed out the 'Quaalude' vendors and the leathergoods shops, among other things.)
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What the fuck? Since when is putting ketchup on a hot dog subject to such scorn? Ketchup and hot dogs were made for each other - or if they weren't, they sure as hell taste like it. You people are crazy.
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@18 - he was a tired, old drunk in the 80s. Like you.
Doesn't mean he's not highly entertaining, unlike you.
PS Abba sucks pole.
Doesn't mean he's not highly entertaining, unlike you.
PS Abba sucks pole.
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@Fnarf, I thought the same thing about the Beirut episode where they got caught in the middle of the fighting. Guess there wasn't that much about food in that episode, but it did capture one of the more dangerous (though rare) aspects of traveling.
I like that he doesn't always have the picture-perfect flawless travel experiences, and yet still manages to glean some value out of every trip. That's what traveling is all about: It's almost never perfect, but almost always worth it.
I was kind of bummed at his general experiences with Scandinavia (last night he said he would never move to Scandinavia), because i know there is really a lot of great food there (fresh sea food if nothing else, and i know he appreciates that).
I like that he doesn't always have the picture-perfect flawless travel experiences, and yet still manages to glean some value out of every trip. That's what traveling is all about: It's almost never perfect, but almost always worth it.
I was kind of bummed at his general experiences with Scandinavia (last night he said he would never move to Scandinavia), because i know there is really a lot of great food there (fresh sea food if nothing else, and i know he appreciates that).
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Ketchup is "made" to get kids to eat shit that they'll either eventually learn to like without or shit they shouldn't be eating in the first place. If you put ketchup on you hot dog and you are over the age of 9 you should be pilloried or otherwise publicly humiliated. I can really only see ketchup on french frien and even then I still prefer gravy or aioli.
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Tony hating punks jump up to get beat down.
His show is the only one on our Tivo hard-coded to not delete except manually, space constraints be damned. I'd happily let everything else cycle off. There are so many great, interesting, educational, entertaining, and just plain surreal moments in the show that I couldn't even pick one out as favorite.
Such as: TONY VERSUS GEESE IN SEATTLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS1iU6VyN…
His show is the only one on our Tivo hard-coded to not delete except manually, space constraints be damned. I'd happily let everything else cycle off. There are so many great, interesting, educational, entertaining, and just plain surreal moments in the show that I couldn't even pick one out as favorite.
Such as: TONY VERSUS GEESE IN SEATTLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS1iU6VyN…
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Also, you're all crazy.
A soggy hot water dog from a street vendor in NYC with ketchup, mustard, relish and kraut tastes like shit, but it's American shit and we love it, you commie fucks.
A soggy hot water dog from a street vendor in NYC with ketchup, mustard, relish and kraut tastes like shit, but it's American shit and we love it, you commie fucks.
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@26 - Just because you LOVE Bourdain, doesn't mean we all HAVE to LOVE Bourdain.
We're all entitled to our opinions. Even about Bourdain.
We're all entitled to our opinions. Even about Bourdain.
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@27: You sir are speaking trooths. Whats next with these commie losers, no Ketchup on hamburgers?!?! To Gitmo with all of yas!!
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What sort of sniveling, elitist fucktard doesn't put ketchup on a fucking hot dog? What a bunch of monkey fucking clove smoking hipster wannabes. Bite me - with or with out ketchup.
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what fucking hipsters smoke cloves, clown shoes? if you are that threatened by people who don't put ketchup on hot dogs (I do, sometimes), what happens when you lose in real life?
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WTF? Who doesn't put ketchup on a hot dog? Why would a person not do so? Why would a person be ANTI- that?
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
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Wow - didn't know that putting ketchup on a hot dog was such a faux pas. I really hope that one of you fascists is standing next to me the next time I'm loading up a dog with cream cheese and ketchup and actually repeats some of this nonsense. You'll have to eat yours without the benefit of a full set of teeth.
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Children are hard-wired to like sweet things as a survival instinct, to seek out carbohydrates and eschew poisons and other harmful substances, which are usually astringent. Once we mature and have the experience to know what is safe and nutritious and what is not, most of us tend to start safely seeking out more diverse and less base flavors, and consider resignment to the world of sweet-only flavors a sign of immaturity.
In short, ketchup is a condiment for children. Yes, it's tomato, but it could be just about any high-sugar fruit. Filipinos make the same shit from bananas. It's basically sugar paste with aromatics.
It's not that it's wrong to like ketchup and want to put it on things, just like it's not wrong to like cotton candy, or fun dip.
But next time you're about to put ketchup on a dog, first imagine watching yourself tilting Pixy Stix into your mouth, because that's what you'll look like to the rest of us.
In short, ketchup is a condiment for children. Yes, it's tomato, but it could be just about any high-sugar fruit. Filipinos make the same shit from bananas. It's basically sugar paste with aromatics.
It's not that it's wrong to like ketchup and want to put it on things, just like it's not wrong to like cotton candy, or fun dip.
But next time you're about to put ketchup on a dog, first imagine watching yourself tilting Pixy Stix into your mouth, because that's what you'll look like to the rest of us.
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I fucking hate ketchup. The taste, the smell, the appearance of menstrual clots. But it doesn't bother me if YOU eat it.
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What is not to like about ketchup? I will tell you what is in it: tomatoes, sugar, salt, vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, red food coloring. THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.
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