Anthony Bourdain bashes "most overrated" menu

My pet peeve is calling anything in a stemmed glass a martini. A martini is gin or vodka and maybe vermouth. No chocolate. Drink it if you like but please don't call it a martini.

God bless you.

Okay, so it "light" beer really beer just because it's golden and served in a frozen mug?

I'm a member of another forum where Bourdain drops in now and again, but before I knew that, someone had started a thread about his latest gig on the travel network and I chimed in about my delight that whereas Bourdain had always put me off a bit with the bad boy schtick, his more recent stuff had a kind of self-deprecating thing going on and that he seemed a little older and sweeter, whereupon here comes Bourdain to leave a message quoting Prufrock and suggesting he's lightened up considerably over the past few years. It was funny and sweet, and it made me like him all the more.

The last show of his I was able to catch was the one that they did from the middle east. They were able to get about 15 minutes of their usual dining out footage but the rest of the show was about them being holed up and hunkered down in a hotel trying to avoid the bombs and gunfire. It was obvious how scared everyone was. Bourdain set out re-evaluating many of his values right there on camera. It was an amazing show! Not often do you get to see someone have a genuine, life-changing experience on TV. On the Food Network.

The last show of his I was able to catch was the one that they did from the middle east. They were able to get about 15 minutes of their usual dining out footage but the rest of the show was about them being holed up and hunkered down in a hotel trying to avoid the bombs and gunfire. It was obvious how scared everyone was. Bourdain set out re-evaluating many of his values right there on camera. It was an amazing show! Not often do you get to see someone have a genuine, life-changing experience on TV. On the Food Network.

...that was filmed in Beirut.

if i remember correctly, that was right when Food Network dropped 'Cooks Tour', and they were shopping for a new network to run it (which turned into 'No Reservations')... I recall something about Tony and the production crew ponying up there own cash to film the episode (which was already planned) and use it as a pilot to sell to other networks...

After they got there, was when they got caught in the middle of strife. (and not planned!)

I am a regular fan of "Flaco" he's straight up no doubt. It's a good show on Travel. I missed the episode on Cook's Tour that Carla spoke of.
Does anyone know where any of those old episodes can be down loaded.
or even looked at?

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One of the best and thought provoking programs left on broadcast television will have a profile on Anthony Bourdain this Sunday Morning.

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Up Next on CBS Sunday Morning September 30, 2007

It was 1957. The United States and Soviet Union were pitted against each other, battling for the hearts and minds of the world. And then -- “Sputnik.” As Charles Osgood reports, the launch and successful orbit of this tiny satellite appeared to give the Soviets a leg up in the Cold War, and provided a wake-up call for the United States. It was the beginning of what came to be known as “the space race,” which ended with American astronaut Neil Armstrong taking the first steps on the moon.

You don’t have to be an astronaut to be adventurous. In fact, one of this planet’s biggest risk-takers has spent most of his professional life in the kitchen! He’s chef Anthony Bourdain, who eats just about everything he can get his hands on, from raw seal eyes -- to warthog -- to leeches. Correspondent Leslie Stahl, of 60 Minutes, managed to track down the intrepid Bourdain, the man many call the “bad boy of cuisine.”

Singer Annie Lennox has sold over 78 million albums and won four Grammys and an Oscar over the past 25 years, but the Scottish siren wants to be known for more than her career in music. Mark Phillips has her story.

Finally, think, "Woodstock meets 'Mad Max,” ' and you might be able to picture the “Burning Man” festival. Daniel Sieberg takes us deep into the Nevada desert to get a peek at art as seen through the prism of “Burning Man,” a display on the cutting edge of creativity and the bizarre.

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My pet peeve is calling anything in a stemmed glass a martini. A martini is gin or vodka and maybe vermouth. No chocolate. Drink it if you like but please don't call it a martini.

God bless you.

And even more overboard (from today's C-J):

The cooler weather makes it a great time to sample a little bourbon. And for those who like their drinks a little sweeter than straight-up, there are a few new bourbon-based martinis at Jack's Lounge, 122 Sears Ave.

The Pom Pom, for instance, is a pomegranate martini with Woodford Reserve Bourbon, brown-sugar syrup and pomegranate liquor.

And then there are the strawberry, blackberry or blueberry Fruit Infused Woodford Martinis, created when mixologist Joy Perrine mixes fresh fruit for a few days with bourbon, then serves the infusion with her handmade brown-sugar syrup and fruit puree.