Anthony Bourdain
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"Anthony Michael Bourdain" is an American chef, author, and television personality. He is known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and in 2005 he began hosting the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover. In 2013, he joined CNN to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

Bourdain is a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens. Though Bourdain is no longer formally employed as a chef, he maintains a relationship with Brasserie Les Halles in New York, where he was executive chef for many years. He is described by Les Halles as their "chef-at-large".[http://leshalles.net/brasserie/news-press News / leshalles.net]

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I think (Travel Channel) knows it's not getting Jamie Oliver or Rachel Ray when they throw their lot in with me.

There is no script at all for what's said on camera.

I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.

It's not as much an expose as it is a memoir, with some things that seem to have shocked and horrified some of the civilian population.

My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.

They seek, consciously or not, to create a clean zone around their all-important bodies: an area free of dirt, smoke, uncomfortable ideas or pleasure.

Oh my God, that was a religious experience, ... In the words of Homer Simpson, the pig is a magical animal.

I'll make fun of the French, thank you very much.