What the fuck is going on? It seems like every day someone else is hanging themselves. Sad news with Bourdain. He’s one of those people that everyone seemed to have liked.
If you’ve never read his epic book, Kitchen Confidential, do so. Here’s a piece in the New Yorker that led to his rise to fame.
If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterPeople who order their meat well-done perform a valuable service for those of us in the business who are cost-conscious: they pay for the privilege of eating our garbage. In many kitchens, there’s a time-honored practice called “save for well-done.” When one of the cooks finds a particularly unlovely piece of steak—tough, riddled with nerve and connective tissue, off the hip end of the loin, and maybe a little stinky from age—he’ll dangle it in the air and say, “Hey, Chef, whaddya want me to do with this?” Now, the chef has three options. He can tell the cook to throw the offending item into the trash, but that means a total loss, and in the restaurant business every item of cut, fabricated, or prepared food should earn at least three times the amount it originally cost if the chef is to make his correct food-cost percentage. Or he can decide to serve that steak to “the family”—that is, the floor staff—though that, economically, is the same as throwing it out. But no. What he’s going to do is repeat the mantra of cost-conscious chefs everywhere: “Save for well-done.” The way he figures it, the philistine who orders his food well-done is not likely to notice the difference between food and flotsam.
He was the real-life Dos Equis ‘most interesting man in the world’. Battled heroin addiction in the 80’s. Traveled to every country imaginable. Master wine and dine-er. Even started Jiu-Jitsu in his 50’s (and was good at it too). You never know what war someone is waging within.
It’s sad
One of my favorite guys. I don’t get it.
“Found dead”. The new suicide or something.
Must have pissed off Clinton
Fucking dude was awesome. His “Borneo” episode was fascinating. Went back to visit the place where ten years earlier he went over the edge on a drinking bender that he barely survived.
no reservations was and is still an awesome show. sad
True that! RIP Tony!
A rare gem of a man
living proof that you do not need to agree with someone politically to enjoy their work. I’ll never understand a man who seemingly has everything can do this. He left behind an eleven year old child. Tragic.
When, you’re done, you’re done. RIP..
Yeah and when you do not want to go they call it murder.
Alex Jones claiming he was murdered. Infowars on full tilt conspiracies today.
I thought he had full command of himself. Boy was I wrong. Sad, really.
If you’re interested check out @arrestpodesta on Twitter. Maybe Jones isn’t so crazy.
Or simply check Drudge. Up all day. Why? Some okay dude talking food and shit about America for years. Odd.