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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have mixed feelings about Bourdain.  I enjoyed Parts Unknown - the political/cultural discussions were really good.  No Reservations on the other hand... oof.  He vacillated between blind reverence (Japan) to downright arrogance and contempt (Iceland and Crete).  I DESPISED Kitchen Confidential.  I come from a restaurant family and know many people in the business.  He portrayed a whole industry as being comprised of 2 types of people: 1) Drug-addled social reject f-ups who think they are hot stuff because they can chop an onion and 2) Earnest Mexicans.  I'm here to tell you that while there may be a subset of restaurants that have that sort of kitchen culture, the vast majority of restaurant owners and employees are humble, incredibly hard-working family people who wouldn't tolerate Bordain's style of "kitchen pirate" for a single shift.  His contempt of vegetarians was also bizarre. [/quote]

I am also not a stan of Bourdain. His contempt of vegetarians is typical of guys trying to act macho and deride vegetarian men as somehow less masculine.  Evidently, his mental health issues and/or emotional insecurities were not treated which led to his tragic passing. And to poster who is trying to blame this on Asia Argento should be ashamed of themselves. Regardless of what she did or didn't do, only one person made the decision to end Bourdain's life. Yet another example of the patriarchy blaming women for men's poor decisions. [/quote]

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