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Anthony Bourdain

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Edibles: Burned Out on Sweets? Cheesy Popcorn is a Savory Solution

    I'll admit, the whole drama that erupted between Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen this year fascinated me. If you're not as gossip-driven as I am, here's a summary: Bourdain called out his fellow Food Network star Deen when she came out as a diabetic, despite pitching recipes like the one where she ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    I'll admit, the whole drama that erupted between Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen this year fascinated me. If you're not as gossip-driven as I am, here's a summary: Bourdain called out his fellow Food Network star Deen when she came out as a diabetic, despite pitching recipes like the one where she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Tonight: Rice Paper Scissors Spars with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel

    ​Anthony Bourdain loves to come to San Francisco on a travel show budget, make fun of its citizens for being snobby, weirdo hippies, and then declare he loves it here and eat all our food. It's his pattern. He was in fine form when he visited with The Layover, his new Travel Channel show where he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain Whines, Baby Dolphins are Adorable, and the World's Best Spaghetti Sauce!

    ​ ​• Anthony Bourdain is running his mouth again about how much he hates vegans because he can't stop because he loves press OH WAIT. ​• Matthew Herbert made a CD of pig noises in factory farms. It is hella super depressing. If you're a person with a heart or brain, be prepared to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Identify Anthony Bourdain's Mystery Sandwich

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Where in the World Is Anthony Bourdain? Swan Oyster Depot!

    via FlickrAnthony Bourdain -- he's here.​Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations fame is visiting San Francisco, according to his Twitter feed. And where does a famous chef choose to eat his lunch? via yfrogSecret TV star seafood stew?​Bourdain just posted this photo on Twitt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain at Zeitgeist, Bourbon & Bacon's Last Night, and Safeway Love

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Everyone's favorite chef who-will-eat-almost-anything, Anthony Bourdain, is slated to film an episode of No Reservations at Zeitgeist in a couple weeks. Mission Mission reports, via the Zeitgeist newslett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Bottle Cap: First-ish Look

    Photos by W. Blake Gray​Unlike most of the fooderati, we went to the second night of the soft opening of Bottle Cap, the new restaurant in the old Washington Square Bar & Grill space (1707 Powell St. at Union). The Chronicle has already written two stories, Yelp has seven reviews and count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    This Week's Review: Commonwealth and Its Price-per-Thrill Ratio

    Credit TKThe prawns and hen at Commonwealth.​This week, I've written about Commonwealth, the collectively run restaurant that emerged out of Bar Tartine (or rather, a crew of its former cooks and servers) and Mission Street Food. I can't say that Jason Fox and Ian Muntzert's food is as reliably su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Anthony Bourdain Weeps for What?

    John BirdsallNo. 7, pho bo tai nam, from My Father's Kitchen on Divis.​Our favorite morsel from the Web. CNN's Eatocracy concluded Nicole Dow's two-part Q and A with Anthony Bourdain today. Yesterday, the man-craggy TV host described returning to Lebanon (his No Reservations production crew h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    How to Write About Not-Delicious Food

    danpberry/FlickrThere's an interesting story here, but it's not one most food writers want to tell.​One of the unshakable tenets of food writing, from Brillat-Savarin to Orangette, is that it has to celebrate the sublime. We food writers are supposed to ring Pavlov's bell with our words, sending r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Anthony Bourdain's Coming to Ferry Plaza Tomorrow. Leave Your Drugs at Home

    poopscape/FlickrBring your slavish adoration.​Anthony Bourdain will be in the San Francisco Bay Area for one day only ― tomorrow. Leave your bags of weed and coke at home, please. The best way to catch sight of him? In the morning, at Book Passage in the Ferry Building. The event starts at 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Ruth Reichl, Anthony Bourdain Ponder Identity of 'Ruth Bourdain'

    Ruth Bourdain.​Who is "Ruth Bourdain," shadowy operator of the Twitter feed that's a mashup of Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain? Nobody's saying (both Bourdain and Reichl claim it's not them), but Bourdain, for one, is a fan. He says he's both flattered and disturbed by it, and thinks the Ruth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Foodlebrity-Studded Tasty Awards Show Airs This Weekend

    TasteTV​January's inaugural Tasty Awards, created by local online/on-demand food network TasteTV to honor the best food and style programming on television and the Web, will have its broadcast debut. Award recipients, decided by the public as well as by a panel of "tastemakers" (this blogger i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Food Boners and F-Bombs: Anthony Bourdain Hits Radio Airwaves Thursday

    JuliesRawAmbition/FlickrEric Ripert (left) and Anthony Bourdain: Their "Turn and Burn" show drops Thursday.​Anthony Bourdain has authored best-selling books, and has the enviable job of slurping his way across the planet for his No Reservations TV show. (SFoodie readers will no doubt remember ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Sans Cart

    JuliesRawAmbition/FlickrEric Ripert (left) and Anthony Bourdain: Their "Turn and Burn" show drops Thursday.​Anthony Bourdain has authored best-selling books, and has the enviable job of slurping his way across the planet for his No Reservations TV show. (SFoodie readers will no doubt remember ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Bay Links: OxyContin, Muni Videos, & David Chang

    Is Trauma flatlining?​Can Trauma be resuscitated? [SF Citizen]OxyContin is the drug du jour. [City Insider]Muni bus drives on sidewalk, conks out fire hydrant. Video of the aftermath! [SFAppeal]Western Addition vs NOPA: Sticker Wars Edition. [SFist]Food fight! Anthony Bourdain weighs in on Asia So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Talking Shit About S.F. Chefs

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Come here and say that: On Saturday, Grub Street New York reported on an Extreme Tag Team talk with Anthony Bourdain and David Chang from the New York Wine & Food Festival. Grub Street called it Ten Things Anthony Bourdain and David Chang Hate. You know Ch ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Street food fail: Ed Jew's tapioca prison bus

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Come here and say that: On Saturday, Grub Street New York reported on an Extreme Tag Team talk with Anthony Bourdain and David Chang from the New York Wine & Food Festival. Grub Street called it Ten Things Anthony Bourdain and David Chang Hate. You know Ch ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 2, 2009

    Delicious small plates from the Philippines, Vietnam, and China star at Poleng Lounge

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Come here and say that: On Saturday, Grub Street New York reported on an Extreme Tag Team talk with Anthony Bourdain and David Chang from the New York Wine & Food Festival. Grub Street called it Ten Things Anthony Bourdain and David Chang Hate. You know Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    ​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. You asked for it: Grub Street New York published its Grub Report earlier this week. Think of it as a Twitpic of the state of the nation's restaurants, captured, collectively, by about a dozen critics. Anthony Bourdain, Jonathan Gold, Gael Greene, Ed L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    DVR Alert: 'Man v. Food' Host Devours San Francisco (Kind of)

    photomato/Flickr Watch Adam Richman stuff himself here. It may not have foodies buzzing the way Anthony Bourdain's visit last spring did, but fellow Travel Channel glutton Adam Richman visits San Francisco tonight to overeat on Man v. Food. Richman feasts on gut-bomb sandwiches at Yelpers' f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Turning Away from Sloppy, Bar Stool Camping, and Freaky Monday: A Foodie Day Planner

    ​Monday, August 17, 2009 Let's do lunch: Grossed out by the hot dog-sloppy torta Cubana Anthony Bourdain mashed into his face last week on No Reservations? Go classic, says SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, with a hot pressed Cubano (pork, ham, Swiss cheese, mustard, and mayo) and fried ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    How Did Tony End Up with the 'Gross' Torta He Scarfed at That's It? Um, Guilty

    Charlie D./YelpOverrun by skeptical foodies?​That's It Market (2699 Mission at 23rd St.) seemed to be the one spot in the San Francisco episode of No Reservations unknown to most local foodies. Until now, that is. Since the episode aired on Monday, more folks are making their way to That's It' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    At Bloodhound Last Night, Nervous Chefs Watch Themselves in 'No Reservations'

    Joseph Schell Incanto's Chris Cosentino (left) and Sebo's Michael Black react to the broadcast. A handful of chefs and others who appeared in the San Francisco episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations gathered at Bloodhound in SOMA last night to watch the broadcast. Incanto chef Chris Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Final Winner of Our 'No Reservations' Contest Wants to Give You a Big, Greasy Hug

    Melanie Dunea, from "My Last Supper"So disturbingly wrong.​Behold the fifth and final winning entry in SFoodie's No Reservations viewing party contest. In case you shed brain cells over the weekend, a referesher: We asked groupies of Anthony Bourdain's Travel Channel food show to tell us why ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Awesomely OCD: Yet Another 'No Reservations' Contest Winner

    Rigged/FlickrA fan shows Bourdain his Tony tattoo.​Behold the fourth winning entry in our No Reservations viewing party contest, part of our daily wind-up to Monday's airing of the local episode of Anthony Bourdain's food-steeped travel show. As you recall, we begged would-be Tony groupies to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    'No Reservations' Contest Winner Number Two: An Ode to Diversity and Premium Cable

    mangoandtabasco/FlickrBourdain: Fan of violent cable programming?​Here's another winning entry in our No Reservations viewing party contest, part of our shameless flogging of the San Francisco episode of the show, which airs Monday, August 10. We asked rabid Anthony Bourdain fans to rip thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Reader Wins 'No Reservations' Contest with a Poem of Exquisite Emotion

    poopscope/FlickrYeah, it's like that.​For his (winning) tribute to Anthony Bourdain, Charlie Chou went all Wordsworth on our asses, penning eight lines of verse crammed with majesty and pathos: We are all but slaves of food and Bourdain Digesting away between interludes Without food and Bourd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Winners of Our 'No Reservations' Viewing Party Contest Revealed

    It's a day later than promised (we been busy with stuff, what can we say?), but behold the five winners in our No Reservations viewing party contest: Blair Bodie, Marcie Chin, Charlie Chou, Dabney Gough, and Justin Lanz. To refresh: In advance of the broadcast next Monday of the S.F. episode o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Just a Few More Hours to Tell Us Why You Heart Tony

    mangoandtabasco/FlickrThe man.​Hey, all you procrastinators: Midnight tonight is the deadline to enter SFoodie's No Reservations party contest. Tell us in 60 words or less why you heart Anthony Bourdain, and if you're sufficiently rabid or clever enough to be among the top five entries, you an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Tell Us Why You Love Anthony Bourdain, and You Might Win a Spot at a Viewing Party

    You might be sick of hearing about it -- the San Francisco episode of the Anthony Bourdain food-caked travel show No Reservations airs Monday, August 10. If you're not sick of hearing about it, you might be the perfect candidate for an SFoodie contest that'll yield five Tony-crazed winners a spo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Taco Truck Confidential: My Moment with Tony

    mangoandtabasco/FlickrDon't ask -- we won't tell.​We're counting down to the August 10 broadcast of the San Francisco/Oakland episode of No Reservations, the Anthony Bourdain food-and-travel show with an avidly sweaty following. Tomorrow we'll launch details of a contest that will yield five c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Keep Checking SFoodie for Tickets to 'No Reservations' Private Viewing Party

    mangoandtabasco/FlickrYep, we're totally crushing too.​We know: You love Anthony Bourdain. We love him, too, which is why we're practically wetting ourselves that in exactly two weeks -- on Monday, August 10 -- the Travel Channel will air the San Francisco-Oakland episode of No Reservations. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Incanto's Cocina Povera Series Set to Take on the Cooking of Puglia

    phxpma/FlickrAre you feeling like a fresh and tasty Southern Italian mini-vacation -- via dinner -- is in order? Incanto (1550 Church at Duncan) is continuing its summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series on Sunday and Monday nights (it features the peasant food of a different Italian region ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    The Five Best Bacon Sweets in San Francisco

    Badge by S.F.'s Snarky McF*ckbuttonsYou may be tiring of all the hype and fuss surrounding bacon, but admit it: You're still not tired of bacon. Or sweets. So what should you consume if you need a fix of both at the same time? Enjoy this countdown of our top five faves.5. Bacon marshmallows fr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    That Story Was Delicious

    Badge by S.F.'s Snarky McF*ckbuttonsYou may be tiring of all the hype and fuss surrounding bacon, but admit it: You're still not tired of bacon. Or sweets. So what should you consume if you need a fix of both at the same time? Enjoy this countdown of our top five faves.5. Bacon marshmallows fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    More Details on Anthony Bourdain's San Francisco Adventure

    Last week, our Meredith Brody speculated on where celebrity chef/author/TV personality Anthony Bourdain would be filming during his trip to San Francisco for his No Reservations show on the Travel Channel. Bourdain jetted off this morning and now Eater SF has thoughtfully compiled a great map of al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Vittles du Video

    Throughout my television-viewing life there have been certain programs that I've obsessed over, planned my schedule around, discussed with my fellow zealots over water cooler and barstool and, in short, made a point to watch without fail, but nowadays there's only one show I can't live without, Top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    10 Food Firsts for 2008

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    TiVo Alert: Bourdain on Spain Will Drive Foodies Berserk

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Forbes Ranks Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Pure, Unadulterated Bourdain Straight To The Jugular

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Boobs, Barry, Busan, and ... BoldWarKids

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Boobs, Barry, Busan, and ... BoldWarKids

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Anthony Bourdain At The Commonwealth Club: The Likeable Asshole Cometh

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Anthony Bourdain At The Commonwealth Club: The Likeable Asshole Cometh

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Cooking for the Gala Crowd: The Opening Night Gala at San Francisco Symphony

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 10, 2007

    Hungry for More

    Resolutions are easy to keep at the Mission District's delightful Weird Fish

  • Dining

    November 2, 2005

    Tacos and Gimlets

    Treating the author of Julie & Julia to a little taste of San Francisco

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