Anthony Bourdain

Save a Waiter: Rules for Dining Out

All the Nasty Bits from an Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali

Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>

Last Night: Anthony Bourdain at the Arsht Center

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

New Website Discovers the Cure For Obesity

meadowlandsparkinglotThe Jabaconageburger with cheese, a cheeseburger topped with sausage and bacon and sandwiched between two Jamaican beef patties. Urg. Food porn is all the rage these days. There are entire sites devoted to the obscene pleasures of voyeuristic foodie-ism, and they're growing in n ... More >>

Light Dining

No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

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Duck and Cover

Sour Grapes

Grape Leaves wilts from a dearth of food and a dismissive attitude

Pairings, Celeb Chefs, and More Upcoming Events

Jane, stop this crazy thing!​Earlier in the week, Riki Altman cooked up beef tenderloin medalions from the new Morton's The Cookbook: 100 Steahkhouse Recipes for Every Kitchen. You sampled the recipe, now you can head to Morton's in Coral Gables on September 23 for a signing by author Tyler Fields ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch

via cakewrecks.com​Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read on a daily basis, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs to keep you going.Chow and Chatter is a little cluttered with the banners and side bars, but the content is worth ... More >>

One Cooking Show You Can’t Tivo

via cakewrecks.com​Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read on a daily basis, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs to keep you going.Chow and Chatter is a little cluttered with the banners and side bars, but the content is worth ... More >>

Brunch Leads to Blissful Break at Aruba Beach Cafe in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Photo by Flickr user moterrien​I knew it was bound to happen at any moment and, finally, it did: our relationship had gone from four-star steakhouses to budget beach brunches.But that's not necessarily as bad as it sounds. My job requires me to dine at some fancy-schmancy place at least once a wee ... More >>

Usmania Restaurant in Sunrise Serves Legit Pakistani Street Food

Photo by Flickr user moterrien​I knew it was bound to happen at any moment and, finally, it did: our relationship had gone from four-star steakhouses to budget beach brunches.But that's not necessarily as bad as it sounds. My job requires me to dine at some fancy-schmancy place at least once a wee ... More >>

Bourdain Hits Bookstores, Coral Gables

​Ever read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential? It's a really great book, an exciting and sometimes disgusting glimpse into the seedy underworld of the professional chef. It was through Kitchen Confidential that everyone learned why fish on Mondays is a bad idea, why you should never trust a s ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

John LinnTacos de trompo from El Agave Azul in Davie.​This week on the blog:We recap the Burger Battle in two posts -- the best, and the worst.Our custom chocolate bar from Chocomize arrived this week, and it was everything we had hoped for.To go with all the burgers, we sip some milkshakes at WPB ... More >>

Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere

Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we'll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere. Anthony Bourdain dishes on his blog about the 100th episode of No Reservations, which aired Monday night and featured Paris. Michael Ruhlman, food writer and good b ... More >>

Chow 13 Most Influential Food Personas Gives Props to Twitter

​Last year it was a craft beer guru, Slow Food USA's voice, and a pastry chef. This year it's a wine punk, a Brooklyn butcher, and a made-up Twitter persona that's one part Ruth Reichl and one part Tony Bourdain.The Chow 13, the baker's dozen of influential foodistas, is back for 2010, bringing wi ... More >>

The List: 13 Things Foodies Should Be Thankful For

​Thursday, November 25, is, of course, Thanksgiving Day. It's a day for Americans from coast to coast to gather family and friends and, in the spirit of the holiday, watch interminable football games between two pathetic teams of losers who couldn't beat their own grandmother with a tire iron. Tha ... More >>

Suite 100 in Fort Lauderdale Promotes Ted Inserra to Top Chef

Inserra is now top toque at Suite 100.​When Smith & Jones closed in July, nobody was more in the middle of the fallout than Ted Inserra. In this blog item, Inserra blamed a slowdown in business, but many commenters blamed Inserra, despite the fact that he was just a sous chef at the Las Olas r ... More >>

Must-See TV: Six Food Shows We'd Like to Watch in 2011

​Anyone who's watched food TV since its inception has seen a steady evolution of the medium, from a staid Mario Batali cooking for three friends to Gordon Ramsay going batshit in Kitchen Nightmares to the snarky food soap opera that's Top Chef to Adam Richman snarfing down burritos as thick and lo ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars (Fabio Charms Everyone)

NBC Universal Fabio Viviani ​Recap: on Last Week's Top Chef, the chefs were taken out on the S.S. Minnow for a three hour tour and fish fry.  Carla won a trip to Amsterdam and both Jamie (finally) and Tiffany were sent packing. Quickfire Challenge: The cheftestants walk into Le B ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Fuggedaboudit! Cooking Family Style At Rao's

NBC Universal Cheftestants​Last episode we had Marcel pack his knives after he led his team to defeat in restaurant wars.  Quickfire Round The Cheftestants walk into the kitchen to find Padma and Isaac Mizrahi. It's fashion week and Padma is plugging her jewelry line and Isaac is ha ... More >>

Eat Digest Booze

NBC Universal Cheftestants​Last episode we had Marcel pack his knives after he led his team to defeat in restaurant wars.  Quickfire Round The Cheftestants walk into the kitchen to find Padma and Isaac Mizrahi. It's fashion week and Padma is plugging her jewelry line and Isaac is ha ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's is Good Ol' Foul-Mouthed Entertainment

Photo by Liz Dzuro"Rachel Ray sent me a fruit basket - seriously."​Click here to see more photos of Anthony Bourdain.Have you ever thought it was a good idea to kill a bottle of champagne while watching Travel Channel's No Reservations? Yeah... neither have we. But if you had than you'd be al ... More >>

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Gets Harrassed by Muppets

NBC Universal Padma likes her ribs​Top Chef hostess and hottie, Padma Lakshmi, has shared the Top Chef kitchen with many guest judges including Anthony Bourdain, Ted Allen, Rocco DiSpirito and Michelle Bernstein. Occasionally, the guest judge will be a celebrity or something annoying, like ... More >>

10 Survival Tips For The South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Tony Bourdain will be at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival​This weekend South Beach turns into Disneyworld for foodies as The South Beach Wine & Food Festival Roars into town. The event is larger than life and brings together celebrity chefs and the people who worship them for one wine ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Grand Tasting Village: Bring on the Celebrity Chefs

All photos by Laine Doss Anthony Bourdain brought the wheel of death.​Once a year, South Beach turns into the ultimate playground for adults. Filled with shows, food, and fun, it's basically Disney World for grownups. At the Grand Tasting Village, guests are given a Waterford Crystal glass ... More >>

Top Five Anthony Bourdain Fantasies

What is it about Anthony Bourdain that makes all of the foodie girls go GaGa? Is it his filthy mouth or his silverish hair? The way his ideas sound so inspiring at the close of each episode? Is it his amazing taste in music or just the fact that he's a complete badass? Whatever it may be, all type ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain on Nightline: Angry Anthony is Happy Anthony

Anthony Bourdain likes to watch Nick Jr. in his jammies. Awwww..​Anthony Bourdain is equal parts brilliant, snarky and well, hot. He's the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, tattoo-sporting, drug-using bad boy from your younger days all grown up. Make that, mostly grown up. With a family, a hit ... More >>

Five Worst Sandra Lee Recipe Fails (Video)

Food Network Sandra Lee - the devil in a pink cardigan.​Sandra Lee, host of Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking, proves that you neither have to be a chef nor interesting to have a cooking show on television. Though Anthony Bourdain has called her the "frightening hell spawn of Kathie Lee ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain: Host of the Travel Channel's New Foodie Show 24-Hour Layovers

Hungrypiggies.com​This is one layover you definitely won't mind waiting for. And, if you're lucky, it will be coming to a South Florida airport near you.In 24-Hour Layovers, Anthony Bourdain really will have no reservations about where he goes, what he eats -- or how he does it since agreeing ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Filming in South Florida

Laine Doss Anthony Bourdain is loose on the streets of Miami!​In early July, we told you about Anthony Bourdain's new Travel Channel show, 24 Hour Layover, in which he eats his way through more accessible cities like... Miami and Fort Lauderdale. We're sure that Bourdain is a fan of Clea ... More >>

Martorano Launches Video Cooking Series

​Cook, restaurateur, cookbook author, businessman, buddy to the stars. . . now Steve Martorano has one more title to add to his resume: cooking teacher.  In a series of nine videos entitled Yo Cuz: The Italian-American Cook, Martorano mixes a bit of Oprah-esque self-esteem building with his p ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Hates Cinnabon, Olive Garden on Colbert Report

Anthony Bourdain boils with rage at the sight of an Olive Garden.​Anthony Bourdain, snarky eater and demi-god, visited Stephen Colbert to talk about his Travel Channel Show No Reservations, eating in America and the experience of chomping down on tiny endangered birds whole. Colbert actually had ... More >>

No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain in the California Desert

Travel ChannelGirls, girls..there's no reason to lose your heads over Anthony Bourdain. He's married.​No Reservations has had Anthony Bourdain travel to some interesting places like Cuba, Ghana, Liberia and Cambodia. Imagine our surprise when last evening Tony was seen driving a vintage Thunderbir ... More >>

Bourdain Gets Wonky, Celebs Tip Poorly, and Other Weekend Links

There's a mid-August languor in food news. Despite the slow going, here's a handful of link worthy stories on food and drink from around the internets. @noreservationsBourdain says his first tattoo in Greek reads, "I suspend judgment." Think he did when he saw his mug on someone's arm?​Not ju ... More >>

No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain's Radioactive Trip to Ukraine

Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain and friends at the radioactive wonder wheel.​In last night's episode of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain once again goes to places people only dream of going (if you happen to dream about nuclear holocaust).Our intrepid traveler, always in search of a good meal and ... More >>

Paula Deen To Anthony Bourdain: Get a Life

Don't mess with a southern lady.​Anthony Bourdain very bluntly tells anyone who will listen exactly what he thinks of Food Network celebrities like Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, and Sandra Lee. In an interview in TV Guide, Bourdain called Southern Belle and butter aficionado Paula Deen "the most danger ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio to Guest on The Simpsons

Matt Selman, via TwitterAnthony Bourdain is making an appearance on The Simpsons​Who would have guessed that Springfield would become a foodie destination? The Simpsons' 23rd season will see both snarkmaster extraordinaire Anthony Bourdain and Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio make guest appearanc ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Big Week: Emmy and a Book Deal (Photos)

Anthony Bourdain via TwitterLooking good, Anthony!​Here's a riddle --  what do Anthony Bourdain, cream, and pond scum have in common? They all rise to the top!Just a few weeks ago, bad boy Bourdain placed his foot in his mouth when he told TV Guide that Paula Deen was "the most dangerous pers ... More >>

Mario Batali Joins Anthony Bourdain and Tom Colicchio as a Simpsons Character

Matt Selman Mario Batali looks a little yellow as a Simpsons character.​Someone in Simpsons-land is a complete and total foodie (or ran our of movie stars to feature) because this season of The Simpsons is turning out to be quite awesome. First, we told you abour Anthony Bourdain an ... More >>

Tickets for Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival on Sale Monday

Brustman Carrino PR​Calling all gourmands and scenesters: Tickets go on sale Monday for the foodist event of the year: The 11th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival, to benefit FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.Remember Paula Dean's pants episode, or Mario B ... More >>

The Chew's Michael Symon Responds to Anthony Bourdain

Michael Symon just wants to cook for America​In an interview with Mercury News, Anthony Bourdain was asked what he thought about The Chew, the ABC foodcentric daytime talk show.Bourdain said, "(Heavy sigh) I'm really shaken. Honestly, I don't know what to believe anymore. Mario Batali is a better ... More >>

The Simpsons' Food Blog Rap: Blogging a Food Blog

Courtesy FoxMario Batali makes a guest appearance on The Simpsons​The Simpsons' episode The Food Wife aired last night, bringing the jaundiced cartoon family into the food blog world.When Marge, Lisa and Bart start their Three Mouthkeeters blog, they immediately turn into food snobs, taking Anthon ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Literary Orgasm Talks Shop at Miami Book Fair

​Do people read in South Florida? Scan the Floridian before 10 a.m. and note the absence of someone reading a newspaper, a book, or a magazine -- even in digital form. Over at Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House, an employee made a comment while I was there a couple of weeks ago to the sole person ... More >>

Skydiving With Anthony Bourdain? You Can for Ten Grand

Laine DossTony Bourdain can be yours -- if the price is right!​I found what I want Santa to bring me for Christmas -- skydiving with Anthony Bourdain, followed by burgers and beer.Gilt City has just announced the craziest offering that we've ever seen -- an opportunity to go tandem skydiving with ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's A Krampus Carol

Krampus is coming to town....it sucks to be you.​Gather round boys and girls, because Clean Plate Charlie wants to share a little Christmas story -- courtesy of Anthony Bourdain.We're sure you've heard about Santa Claus and how he brings presents to all good little children. But we want to tell yo ... More >>

Five Food Shows We'd Love To See in 2012

The Travel ChannelHey Zimmern - why don't you pick on something your own size?​I'll admit I'm totally obsessed with shows on Food Network, Travel Channel and Cooking Channel. In fact, I recently upgraded my cable service (and bill) in order to get Cooking Channel when the free trial period ended - ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Festivus: The Airing of the Greivances

Ottavia Bourdain via TwitterYes, that's Tony Bourdain...with a Disney Princess castle.​We just knew that Festivus was Tony Bourdain's kind of holiday. At first we thought that Tony was becoming a modern-day Grinch with a heart that grows three sizes in one day, after viewing pictures of him assemb ... More >>

Win a Culinary School Scholarship at the Art Institutes

For the kid who's obsessed with Anthony Bourdain or the one who asks for a Waring blender for Christmas, there's the Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition for high school seniors. And for high school graduates who are thinking of a career in the restaurant world, there's the Culinary Schola ... More >>

Vegan Black Metal Chef: Interview With Brian Manowitz, the Florida Native Behind the Internet Hit

Courtesy photoThe dark lord of tasty meat-free cooking. ​Vegan Black Metal Chef, the internet cooking star who proves that a meat-free lifestyle isn't exclusively the territory of New Age hippies or cute college chicks, is back. Posted Monday, episode seven of the online series finds VBMC, the bra ... More >>