Interview with Anthony Bourdain

Over the past couple of months, my Netflix queue has included the usual mix of old movies that no one cares about, new movies that no one cares about, and the occasional epic blockbuster that I so love. But it has also been overwhelmingly dominated by old episodes of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. I like Tony for his genuine love of food and his willingness to try anything. I came across this piece from DCist that makes me like him even more, particularly when he talks about how living in Vietnam may influence his daughter. And this quote, an explanation of his dislike for Alice Waters, is just fantastic:

“I'm suspicious of orthodoxy, the kind of orthodoxy when it comes to what you put in your mouth. I'm a little reluctant to admit that maybe Americans are too stupid to figure out that the food we're eating is killing us. But I don't know if it's time to send out special squads to close all the McDonald's. My libertarian side is at odds with my revulsion at what we as a country have done to ourselves physically with what we've chosen to eat and our fast food culture.”