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A day to remember Anthony Bourdain
June 25 has been declared Bourdain Day, a day to celebrate the life of the late chef and raconteur Anthony Bourdain. Join us as we revisit some of Bourdain's classic interviews with Good Food. Plus, a visit to a remarkable memorial in New York.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenJune 25 has been declared Bourdain Day, a day to celebrate the life of the late chef and raconteur Anthony Bourdain. Join us as we revisit some of Bourdain's classic interviews with Good Food. Plus, a visit to a remarkable memorial in New York. Also, we learn more about Tony’s love of punk rock from his memorable appearance on KCRW’s Guest DJ Project.
In this episode
6 stories“Kitchen Confidential”: the book changed Anthony Bourdain’s life
The first time Good Food host Evan Kleiman interviewed Anthony Bourdain was in July of 2000, shortly after his first book came out. In 1999, he had written a widely read piece for the New Yorker called “ Don’t Eat Before Reading This .”
Read the story13 minWhat Brasserie Les Halles meant to Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain had a self-professed affinity for the everyman. As the longtime executive chef of Brasserie Les Halles in New York, he had an interest in making the rarefied world of French cooking and technique more approachable to the masses.
Read the story6 minAnthony Bourdain glimpsed the “nasty” side of the food world
In 2006, Anthony Bourdain visited Good Food to discuss “ Nasty Bits ,” a collection of essays diving deeper into the food world and all of its indiscretions.
Read the story8 minBourdain’s evolution over the years
In 2010, Anthony Bourdain spoke with Evan Kleiman about “ Medium Raw ,” a memoir that became a sequel of sorts to “Kitchen Confidential.”
Read the story14 minIn New York, a sidewalk tribute to Anthony Bourdain
As news of Anthony Bourdain’s death spread a year ago, something remarkable happened. A spontaneous memorial sprung up on a sidewalk in New York.
Read the story6 minGuest DJ Project: Anthony Bourdain
As a semi-reconstructed bad boy, Bourdain had roots in the punk scene, and music played an outsized role in his life. In 2010, he joined KCRW’s Guest DJ Project to talk about a few of the songs that changed his life.
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