Foodies: Anthony Bourdain on Rachel Maddow tonight (6/7)

[Flaxbee]

It's 9:25pm here on the east coast -- just FYI

[Patiod]

1. Thanks for the heads-up - we'll be watching

He's an interesting fellow - I've read all his books, and his politics are pretty singular:

- He's open-border pro-immigration, because of all the good kitchen help he hires from Central and South America. He claims American-born kids don't have enough work ethic, and expect to start at the top (rather than start washing dishes) and he thinks everyone should start at the bottom (like he did) and work all the jobs in a kitchen. In his defense, he gets a little pissy at the network food shows and at the media, who won't pay any attention to Central- or South American-born chefs, purely based on prejudice, in his view. But I'm guessing there are American-born kids out there who have the same fire in the belly that he did, but they won't work for the wages he wants to pay.

- His basic politics on food is: if it exists, I want to be able to eat it/cook it, and he doesn't believe anyone should legislate what can be served. He is virulently pro-meat and against the grown-locally food movement, and against any attempt to stem animal cruelty (including foie gras). On the positive side, he HATES fast food.

I still enjoy his shows and his books, whether I agree with all his ideas or not. Look forward to hearing him on Rachel Maddow.

[IcyPeas]

2. hamburger

I love that he eats any weird thing on the planet (once saw him on tv eating a beating cobras heart before he ate the cobra soup) yet he won't eat HAMBURGER because it is soaked in ammonia!!!!! go figure.

gotta love that.

[supernova]

3. Video here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#37564049

[Patiod]

7. Thank you

Missed it live - enjoyed the link

[Beer Snob-50]

4. he is touring around the country in the near future.

he will be at my local symphony hall to give a talk. from what i saw, it is an expensive tix.

[Old Troop]

5. What if he decides she's food?

[Flaxbee]

6. lol

if he's that voracious and/or immoral, he just might!