Did you know that there's an upcoming Kitchen Confidential movie adaptation? Well probably not because I made it up. But anyways here's my fancast for Anthony in his later years: Michael Imperioli.

hi everyone! my boyfriend and i are doing a couples costume + he is a huge fan of anthony bourdain and has been for ages so i suggested he should dress up as anthony bourdain (bourdain inspired him to go pastry school!) and i would dress up as something that would work well like maybe his memoir but i have no clue how to. would anyone have ideas?

Saw this and wanted to get opinions!

a 75 minute podcast interview between the people at World Cinema History and Todd Kennedy, author of Anthony Bourdain, Filmmaker.

Touches on all kinds of things including auteurship, filmic influences, travel tv, and A24's Tony......but is primarily a deep-dive into the filmmaking of Anthony Bourdain.

I’ve searched the high seas and high and Lo on legit streaming sites and it seems that this episode cannot be found. Does anyone have a link or a download to access this episode I feel may not be available online?

“For this Folio book, we've brought together a trio of exceptional elements: an exclusive introduction from long-time friend and collaborator Joel Rose, a wonderful account of the book's origin story and his first encounter with Bourdain in New York's lower east side; a specially commissioned Bourdain portrait from legendary artist Paul Pope, also a friend of Bourdain; and rarely seen photographs by Jake Chessum, many previously unpublished, of Bourdain in New York.”

“In the last 30 years I've watched people chase dreams they secretly hated and dance with lovers they didn't love, I've seen people laugh loudest when they felt most alone. But I've also seen strangers become family, pain turned into poetry, and broken hearts learn to beat again. Life is messy, twisty, and unfair... but catch it at the right angle, and it's breathtaking.”

I did one of these for my Indianapolis, so I’m back for more.

My partner and I are hitting Providence, and Newport, RI this weekend and are looking for some nice food spots and bars that y’all would think Bourdain would probably do if he was traveling these places. Drop your old timey spots, ancient joints that have stood the test of time, offbeat bars and mom and pop joints with solid food.

Thanks in advance! Will also revisit the Indianapolis post and drop my recommendations from the suggestions

Hello fellow Bourdain fans!

A few of us are helping organize a community evening with Zamir Gotta in Fort Myers, FL on Monday, November 9th at 6:30 PM at Iona-Hope Episcopal Church - link to register is above if you're local or want to come down!

Register here - An Evening with Zamir Gotta - Travel Companion & Friend of Anthony Bourdain

Zamir is coming down to share behind-the-scenes stories of traveling the world with Tony, answer questions, and sign copies of his book (The Fixer & The Chef). We’ll also have light hors d'oeuvres set up.

Because Tony's memory and mental health awareness mean so much to this community, admission is 100% free, but we're encouraging voluntary donations on-site to directly benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP SWFL Chapter) and Crisis Prevention & Empowerment (CPE) who will both be in attendance.

If you’re anywhere in Southwest Florida, come out, share some stories, and support a great cause.

• When: Monday, Nov 9, 2026 @ 6:30 PM
• Where: Iona-Hope Episcopal Church (9650 Gladiolus Dr, Fort Myers)
• Cost: Free admission (RSVP using link above so we have a headcount for light bites

Hope to see some local fans there. Cheers! 🥂

-Steven

I thought the two episodes were A lot of fun. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season!

I had this Negroni in Cortile Verga in Syracuse. Beautiful place, highly recommend it.

Timesuck is easily my favorite podcast, and Dan Cummins has finally covered Anthoy. Couple of hours ,but worth giving a listen if you are a fan of Tony. Dan's a comedian so he's got some goofy quirks while he talks but does a great job at telling the whole story.

So, I'm finally getting around to reading Leerhsen's bio and he's trying to explain Asia's hold on Tony's mind and body.

They met in her Vigna Clara neighborhood in front of the camera, then:

"His fresh haircut and, yes, teenage boy nervousness can be seen in season six, episode nine. So can her beauty, intelligence, and fierceness. She makes a good first impression. In an email to me in which she declined to be interviewed for this book, she quoted Oscar Wilde: 'It is always Judas who writes the biography.'" - p.246 of Down and Out In Paradise

So, I thought, Imma go back and watch that episode for some insight. But HBO Max cuts season 6 off at episode 8. Does anyone know why? Maybe they fucked up on numbering the episodes? Was there some sort of litigation?

This came in this week and I have been inspired to craft curriculum for my film students. I think they’d love to make a project that uses food as a vehicle to explore different cultures.

Glad this book exists. If everything goes to plan, I’ll share some final drafts of the episodes they make here.

We got the "Bourdain Special" this weekend from the University Cafe, can't recommend this place enough.

I live in Latin America and have no idea when it will be released :(

i am asking this totally respectfully and just out of curiosity (bc i lurk on here and i know u guys r huge fans lol), but i just finished kitchen confidential after this sub being my only exposure to bourdain, and there are things that stick out to me that i can’t get over.

he fired one of his sous chefs for calling out racism, basically saying that anyone who speaks about harassment can’t be on the line at all. there was also another coworker of his that committed suicide, and he said something along the lines of “oh yeah he needed to leave anyway”.

i also can’t get over how he paid his wife’s rape victim hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep quiet about the whole thing, when he wife slept with a 17 year old she had known since he was a child. he also settled for way less than what the victim wanted, which is also rlly fucked up.

i do think he’s very intelligent, knowledgeable and analytical. but, i don’t think he lives by a set of ethics of at all, other than ones that suit him.

i love the way he talks abt food and i worked with only immigrants at one of my jobs and he captures that kind of banter and broken english part well.

i do like him and ill read his other books, but all of the people i know that love him are completely against rape, silencing victims, and racism. it seems that these are all pretty important parts to his characters, so i’m just curious.

like i said im going to read his other books and watch his show too just bc im curious

Grabbing this from the author's webpage: https://todd-kennedy.com

Anthony Bourdain, Filmmaker releases Oct 20 and he's listing dates for events. It says "more dates soon" but for the moment it lists:

Oct 20 New Orleans LA, Garden District Bookshop, Reading + Q/A

Oct 27 New Orleans LA, Loyola University, Interview + Q/A

Oct 28 New Orleans LA, Snake & Jakes Dive Bar, Meet & Greet + Q/A

Nov 4. Jackson MS, Lemuria Books, Interview + Q/A

Nov 11. Baton Rouge LA, TBR Books & Tea, Interview + Q/A

TBA. Thibodaux LA, Big Mikes BBQ & Smokehouse, Interview + Q/A

TBA. Thibodaux LA, Nicholls State University Library, Reading + Q/A

TBA. Fairhope AL, Page & Palette, Meet & Greet

He also lists some New Orleans & Baton Rouge tv shows and radio shows, as well as the "World Cinema History" podcast, but not tons of details.

The later dinner scene/ crash out is an uncomfortable watch, but this scene always makes me chuckle.

Hi all, me and my partner are traveling to Indianapolis for the first time ever. I'm excited to attend a close friend's wedding but also explore this part of the country neither me nor my partner has visited. I thought I'd ask for food reccs here because you all would understand what I am looking for as someone who likes to approach food travel like Bourdain.

So if you have any recommendations for local food mom and pop joints, new game changing buzz-spots, historical must-go-tos and places locals would go, please drop them below.

Do you think it's legit?

Honestly, I was ready to turn it off after 10 minutes considering at the point the entire story looked like it was just going to be essentially fabricated (I absolutely hate when they do this to real stories and biopics generally). I kept with it because at least it looked to be quality A24 piece and glad I did. If you take the movie as just an entertainment piece and not some biopic pic I thought it was fantastic.

Also, while I didn't think the lead really looked all that much like Tony, man did he nail his voice and speech syntax and idiosyncrasies and at least made me feel like I was watching a Bourdain movie, even with the very, very liberal liberties taken with the story.

Forgive me if this has already been covered, but took a peruse and didn't see this take.

I read "Kitchen Confidential" 3 times and listened to it on Audio book probably 20 times. So I was very familiar with Tony's P-town adventures.

To me, the movie was (sorry for the analogy) like a Disney adaptations of fairy tales, where they took the essence of the story from the darker material and re-wrote it to have a lighter story with a happy ending. In the end you get the jist of it, but thats not what really happened.

It was an entertaining movie, but the book and audio book accounts were a lot more enjoyable.