I was shocked on Friday morning, when my phone vibrated with the news that Anthony Bourdain was dead. I think I checked my phone fifty times that day, hoping against hope that I'd find it wasn't true.
You all know I love to cook. Many of you know that I love to read. When people ask what I read I often say that I will read virtually anything that is well written, and dammit, Anthony Bourdain could write!
I first heard of him when I read his book Kitchen Confidential. I was terrified and thrilled in equal measure. I read most of his books after that, and watched him on television whenever I could. He cracked open the food world like no one else. He made me feel better to be "just" a home cook.
this from CNN...
While accepting the Peabody award in 2013, Bourdain described how he approached his work.
"We
ask very simple questions: What makes you happy? What do you eat? What
do you like to cook? And everywhere in the world we go and ask these
very simple questions," he said. "We tend to get some really astonishing
answers."
The world has lost an honest and unique voice. I am bereft.
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