Monday, June 26, 2006

Anthony Bourdain: Back in Black

Now that Anthony Bourdain has a new book coming out, he drops in at Salon for this laugh-out-loud interview. It's worth the commercial they make you sit through.

After calling Rachael Ray a bobblehead, the interviewer asks Bourdain if he may revise his opinion of her:

Will we see you in a year saying, "Oh, I had drinks with Rachael Ray, and actually, she's all right"?

Yeah, right. "After the hot-tub incident, I've changed my mind." You know, listen, like I said, I could be wrong. Unlikely. But maybe she's nice to puppies.

Sure, sure -- you haven't seen her kicking any old people lately.

Actually, that would be cool. If I ever saw her getting trashed on Old Crow, pistol-whipping a vegan after a bar crawl, I would think, "That's an interesting woman. I would like to know her."

Go now.

2 comments:

Smapdi said...

I've had a non sexual crush on Tony Bourdain for years. His show is highly amusing and his utter disdain for most Food Network personalities is mostly on target.

M. Alice said...

Love Bourdain. I miss his show on Food Network. The Travel Channel show is pretty good, all in all, but I've gotta FF through some crap. I don't care for his "poetry" too much; it seems forced, even though he fancies himself a writer. I like it best when he's just being an honest, flawed human being.