Quote: (05-06-2013 03:38 PM)Timoteo Wrote:
Quote: (05-06-2013 12:10 AM)xolisi Wrote:
No Reservations was the only food show I ever got in to. I'll have to check out Parts Unknown! He always shows interesting perspectives on countries
I think the key is that though Bourdain is a chef, it isn't really a food show per se. It's travel/culture, and naturally food is part of what makes a culture what it is. He mixes in some history of whatever city he's visiting to round it off. I also watch "Bizarre Foods" with Andrew Zimmern (also a chef), even though I wouldn't fuck with tarantula on-a-stick and some of the other shit he puts in his mouth. However, there are some things I would eat, and I'm always looking for info on locations to potentially visit.
I recently watched an episode of Bizzare Foods in SF where there are a group of anarchist/hippy/hipster types who dumpster dive for thrown out food and then make that food and feed it for free to the homeless.
Well what I thought was very interesting is that Andrew Zimmerman said that he spent a year of his life as a homeless drug addict on the streets of NYC. I thought that shit was crazy random and I never would have guessed, but I got to give guy props for not only admitting that and owning it, but also for rising up and getting to where he is now in life.