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Why did you decide to write this book?
AB: People kept coming up to me and telling me that they weren't eating fish on Mondays because of Kitchen Confidential. It's been ten years and I felt like I had to kind of update and correct the record and talk about how the business has changed and how my life has changed.
How has the business changed?
AB: It's not a loser profession anymore. There's a certain amount of prestige attached to it. A real future. It's smarter, more professional, and cleaner. A lot of the stuff I talk about in Kitchen Confidential would be unacceptable in kitchens these days.
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What is your new book about?
AB: I thought it was all about rainbows and unicorns when I wrote it but apparently it's a filthy, violent, hateful screed filled with calumny and nasty thoughts.
You had a beef with Rachael Ray, but we hear you've made up.
AB: Yeah, she sent me a food basket. It's pretty much that easy.
So anyone you're fighting with can send you a basket and you're cool?
AB: No. There are a few people mentioned in the book, they can send me all the baskets they f**king want and I'll still pee on their graves.
Like who?
AB: Nah, I don't want to get into it, otherwise me and Alan Richman [GQ food critic] are going to look like a couple of old hookers slapping each other in a parking lot.
You're sort of responsible for the whole chef/rock star craze.
AB: Don't blame me, man. Don't blame Guy Fieri on me. That's not my fault. That's a radiation accident. But on balance this celebrity chef scam is pretty good for the world. I'm aware of the fact that people I made fun of ten years ago are probably instrumental in the whole food-crazy world we live in right now and that's been good for business and good for diners. For whatever reason people are interested in chefs and that's a tectonic shift in the way things used to be when I started.
Do you watch the Food Network?
AB: I try not to watch it. I end up yelling and screaming at the T.V., which shortens my life and makes the people around me miserable. I just try not to watch.
You have a young daughter. Is she a fussy eater?
AB: Like any other kid. There's no getting her to eat what I want her to eat. She eats whatever she wants to eat but as the daughter of world traveling parents she is exposed to a lot of international food.
Does it bother you when she wants to eat pasta and butter?
AB: No, no that's called being normal. She does like plain noodles, grilled cheese sandwiches and hot dogs. I don't want an annoying foodie kid.
What's your guilty pleasure food?
AB: Really guilty pleasure? Late at night when no one's looking, mac and cheese from KFC.
Oh God.
AB: It's the guilt that makes it good.
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6-14-2010 @2:29PM Aaron said... Aw, if there was one chef I wanted to have you guys ask that annoying "What chef do you want to see naked" question it was Anthony Bourdain.
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6-15-2010 @8:02AM Ian said... I'm pretty sure it's Ina Garten, but don't quote me on that.
6-15-2010 @1:37PM SteveThreePO said... I don't know why they bother to ask that question because there's only one correct answer: Giada De Laurentiis.
6-18-2010 @8:26PM Rico said... Giada De Laurentis is right!
6-19-2010 @6:23AM GLO said... Guy Fieri visits places the average diner is looking for, place's with specialty's that are considered delicious and affordable. Guy is charming and funny, and best of all, one can watch his show without feeling like they're going to lose their lunch. This guys show is about what kind of foods a starving man might be able to choke down if worse came to worst. He's right, there is no comparison.
6-19-2010 @10:37AM 4BlueStars said... Oh yeah! Giada. Period, not comma!
Well I might not mind catching a glimpse of Sandra Lee either. ; )
Okay! Now let's talk about HGTV hostesses we want to see naked! ; p
6-18-2010 @8:21PM smiley2130 said... Guy has more charisma,charm, and personality in his pinky, than this guy has in his whole body. I'll watch food network anytime before his watching his rude, arrogant banter!
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6-18-2010 @9:46PM Theresa said... I love Guy because what you see is what you get...anthony need to start problems to get attention
6-18-2010 @10:47PM Jody said... Spare me the crap about naked chefs. what is the matter with you people?
6-18-2010 @8:18PM suzzi said... Oh, please. This man is just as big of a douche as Guy Feiri, but he's a good reminder to try to grow old more gracefully than hanging on to the hipster bit at 60 years old.
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6-18-2010 @8:22PM earl taylor said... Mac and cheese from KFC? Now, that is a choice of good food huh?
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6-19-2010 @12:22AM Jackie Estrella said... I understand this "bad boy" of cusine! I love all of the wonderful recipes, and other great ingredients, thrown in. I grow the herbs and lavish them in whatever I am cooking...........but....sigh...when I am having a rough day, I will go to bed with a bowl of Ramen.
Anthony taught me to be true to your moods.
6-18-2010 @8:22PM Mike T said... Hands down Rachel Ray and Giada DeLaurentis at the same time!
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6-18-2010 @8:33PM Teri said... At least Guy is positive. Bourdain is just going for shock value. He's like the food world's version of a troll.
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6-18-2010 @11:40PM joy said... the truth is never very pretty.
6-18-2010 @8:37PM EsmereldaWyatt said... I like Anthony....and I like Guy. I don't care if they don't like each other. Anthony is sarcasticly funny, he's almost abrasive at times, and he is arrogant as hell. Guy is loud, funny in a goofy way, and he seems like he'd be fun to hang out with. I don't see Anthony's need to be harsh on the others. They all offer something very different and I'm big enough to take it ALL in.
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6-18-2010 @8:40PM TessaMarie said... I've always thought of Anthony Bourdain as the Howard Stern of the food world. I've often wondered if they are related. Both of them are complete asshats.
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6-18-2010 @8:42PM Tough said... I love Anthony Bourdain. He is fun,edgy and fresh.
On the other hand, Rachel Ray is a fake,non-talented and white trash.Can't wait
for the glorious day her show gets cut. She is a wannabe !
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6-18-2010 @11:38PM LisaZee said... Which show? She has several! I guess she has done incredibly well for someone who has no talent. As for white trash, you probably have no idea what her life story is.
6-18-2010 @11:07PM Jody said... The two have nothing in common, apples and oranges.