NO RESERVATIONS !
With direct access to millions of homes through his television show, Chef Anthony Bourdain is making waves in the world of gastronomic tourism, much more than the worlds most innovative chefs. his democratic approach, love for street food and local specialties and dislike for fast food has put many destinations, dishes and local cuisines in the spotlight, in 2012 he received the Critics' Choice Best Reality Series awards for his show
"No Reservations"
"They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - Any Russian - can drink you under the table"
-Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour. Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
"The way you make an omelet, reveals your chracter."
"An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins."
"Whachoo want, white boy? Burn cream? A Band-Aid?
Then he raised his own enormous palms to me, brought them up real close so I could see them properly; the hideous constellation of water filled blisters, angry red welts from grill marks, the old scars, the raw flesh where steam or hot fat had made the skin simply roll off. They looked like the claws of some monstrous science-fiction crustacean, knobby and calloused under wounds old and new. I watched, transfixed, as Tyrone- his eyes never leaving mine 0 reached slowly under the broiler and, with one naked hand, picked up a glowing-hot sizzle-platter, moved it over to the cutting board, and set it down in front of me.
He never flinched." Anthony Bourdain
Then he raised his own enormous palms to me, brought them up real close so I could see them properly; the hideous constellation of water filled blisters, angry red welts from grill marks, the old scars, the raw flesh where steam or hot fat had made the skin simply roll off. They looked like the claws of some monstrous science-fiction crustacean, knobby and calloused under wounds old and new. I watched, transfixed, as Tyrone- his eyes never leaving mine 0 reached slowly under the broiler and, with one naked hand, picked up a glowing-hot sizzle-platter, moved it over to the cutting board, and set it down in front of me.
He never flinched." Anthony Bourdain
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