Karen wrote:
> Jed wrote:
> > I was watching this evening's Travel Channel repeat of Anthony
> > Bourdain's No Reservations in China when there was an ad for next
> > weeks show: Beirut. Pretty damn fast turn around, just about a
> > month(?). Should be interesting, though I suspect the food content may
> > be minimal.
> >
> > Paraphrased tag line from memory, No Reservations: Beirut -- the show
> > they never intended to make.
>
> His China show was so interesting. He's about as adventurous food-wise
> as one can get. Plus, and I can't put my finger on it why, he's so
> cute. He's the Rachel Ray male counterpart celebrity chef.

I liked the China episode of "No Reservations" a lot too. Did you
notice that, when he was getting his ear canal "cleaned," by that guy
with the long, sharp metal implement, he said, "Watch - a Rachel Ray
fan is gonna walk by and jab that thing into my head!"

I think Bourdain is the anti-Rachel Ray in that he's genuinely
opinionated; lets the viewer know if he really likes or dislikes
something he eats -- although he seemed to like pretty much everything
he ate in the China episode. His reaction to the Chinese liquor was
pretty funny; "That's pretty much paint thinner," etc.