I‘m a big fan of Anthony Bourdain. I’ve spent some time in a restaurant kitchen. I spent a year working with a culinary recruiter for a major resort in Florida. I’ve been around people like Bourdain. I like people like Bourdain - no nonsense, get the job done, do your work or get the hell out of the way types. I’ve seen every episode of his show “No Reservations” (some of them 3-4 times). Loved his book, “Kitchen Confidential”. He’s inspired me to at least try food that I normally wouldn’t consider eating (pig blood pudding for example). I don’t think he and I would ever be friends, but he would be fascinating to listen to over a couple of beers.

He has a new book coming out and Time did what looks like a Q&A session with submitted questions.

Here is my favorite of the bunch

Why do you always pick on Rachael Ray? —Trandafir Albrando, Manila
She can take it. She’s incredibly powerful and far more loved than I am. But she genuinely offends me. Julia Child, for example, raised people’s expectations of food. When Rachael tells you that it’s perfectly O.K. to buy prechopped onion from the supermarket… I mean, how hard is it to chop an onion? The takeaway is, I could cook, but [instead] I’ll finish this bag of Cheetos and that gallon of Diet Pepsi before dying of diabetes.

I despise Rachel Ray as well.

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