The ‘RIP Anthony Bourdain’ Series

The ‘RIP Anthony Bourdain’ Series

By all appearances, I hated Anthony Bourdain. I loathed his self promotion via In-N-Out, his narrow New York-skewed view of LA and its strip mall food, and his ‘King of Potty Humor‘ status. But in reality, I just wanted Tony’s attention. Ranting about him was my 3rd grade boy’s way of pulling the cute 3rd grade girl’s pony tail.

Even though I wrote about him more than other celebrity chef, sadly, very sadly, I never got a chance to meet him.

After marinating on how I could best pay my respects on his tragic passing, I decided to do a series of posts about him – specifically, about people I admire and the impact Tony had on them. People like:

1. Jose Andres;
2. Eric Ripert;
3. Andrew Zimmern;
4. Roy Choi;
5. Bethenny;
6. Danny Meyer;
7. Mark Peel;
8. Ludo Lefebvre;
9. Barack Obama;
10. Krista Simmons;
11. Food GPS;
12. Ruth Reichl;
13. Photographer Russel Wong;
14. Mia Farrow; and
15. Astronaut Scott Kelly.

Stay tuned for Part 1 in the series: Jose Andres on Bourdain.