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"When I got the assignment to write this blog, I considered myself a big fan of Anthony Bourdain. I loved Kitchen Confidential when it first came out, watched him on TV on Cook&amp;#039;s Tour and Top Chef, read his funny missives on Michael Ruhlman&amp;#039;s blog, and I have eaten at Les Halles numerous times, even though he hasn&amp;#039;t cooked there in years. But now that I have delved deeper into the No Reservations universe, I realize how much I have left to know, how many shows there are to watch, books to read, podcasts to download, forums to peruse, fan-sites to check out, articles to track down... Truth be told, I am a mere novice in this world, just skimming the surface of Bourdainalia that&amp;#039;s out there. He&amp;#039;s had quite a career, and it&amp;#039;s essentially a second, third!, career at that. I think my best No Reservations\u2013related find so far has to be the companion book, titled No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach, published last year. It&amp;#039;s the series encapsulated on paper, with some lovely snapshots\u2014most taken by the crew\u2014many from behind the scenes; I dig the collection of photos called &amp;quot;food porn,&amp;quot; and the section on toilets is especially funny. (For the record, Tony and the crew concluded that the world&amp;#039;s best bathroom award goes to Japan. And the worst? Uzbekistan wins that one.) Traveling professionally looks like seriously hard work. I always thought a job like that would be amazing, one of those dream job things. (Well, people say the same thing to me when I tell them I am a food writer.) But even Bourdain realizes that when it&amp;#039;s your obligation to trek through the insect-infested jungles of Borneo or sleep in a sub-freezing igloo in Iceland, it&amp;#039;s not always as fun as it&amp;#039;s cracked up to be. The book is informative yet personal, and makes the whole enterprise (and the people that make it) seem even more approachable. I&amp;#039;d love to find out what your favorite Bourdain book (or show or website, whatever) might be. I&amp;#039;ll admit that I haven&amp;#039;t read his novels; anyone care to offer a review? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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