Does anybody know if Bourdain and crew made it out of Lebanon yet?


--Rich

> Does anybody know if Bourdain and crew made it out of Lebanon yet?
>
>
> --Rich
>
>

Here's a post I received from a mailing list I'm on:

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This was posted by Tony in eGullet

post Yesterday, 12:10 AM

Post #854

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I'm very aware of how flip my response to the Post was (made last Wednesday,
very early in the crisis)as I sought to reassure family and friends that we
were safe and okayand in good cheer. . It was--at the time--very
representative of the (outward) attitude of Beirutis themselves, who pride
themselves on their resilience and their determination to "keep the party
going." Initially, many Beirutis were still going strong at nightclubs as
jets flew low and menacingly overhead. Even that proud, famously world-weary
attitude quickly changed, however, as circumstances here became even more
appalling. I can certainly understand how offensive it might be to those on
the ground here--or those with family and friends here--to read some of
what's been posted on the other NR thread--and understand why it's been
closed for now.

It is indeed heartbreaking and horrifying what has happened to this lovely
country--to spanking new, lovingly restored,resurgent Beirut in particular,
in only a few days of sustained and seemingly senseless destruction. A few
days ago, this was a place where people were bursting with pride for the
relative tolerance, progressive attitudes, and lack of conflict between
groups. I was standing with a group: a Sunni, a Christian, and a Shiite--by
the Hariri memorial when the gunfire started and the Hezbollah people
appeared driving through city center and honking their horns in
"celebration" for the capture/kidnappings. The look of dismay and
embarrasment on all three faces...and the grim look of resignation as they
all-- instantly-- recognized what would inevitably come next...it's
something I will never forget. Of the three, our Shiite security guy, a
tall, taciturn man, was the last to leave us, insisiting on staying by our
side though he and his family lived in the much more perilous Southern part
of Beirut. After witnessing many quick telephone exchanges between him and
his family, and as more bombs and shells began to fall, seeing him nervously
fingering his prayer beads, we finally convinced him to leave. His house was
later flattened..

We were soon relocated to a safer part of town.The sense of regret and
....shame we feel at being relatively safe yet witness to the carnage...and
that we never got to show the world how beautiful this country and its
people are--how much "like us" (yet uniquely and wonderfully not), how
international, muti-lingual, multi-faith..how fantastic the food and
hospitality is...will gnaw at us forever. WE will make it home. WE--unlike
most Lebanese, have been

(relatively) safe and secure during this. Trapped, yes--but trapped by a
freaking swimming pool-not under the rubble of our homes. We may be only a
few thousand yards or a few miles from the falling bombs-but we have an
eventual way out. What hasn't been talked about much in the press, is how
many young returnees there are/were he young, educated Lebanese who'd
emigrated abroad or been born aboad and only recenly returned..how filled
with hope they were, how much they loved their country, how hopeful and
enthusiastic they were that they could make a difference (and they WERE
making a difference). That is all ashes now..

We (the NR crew) are indeed well--and well looked after. It's indeed
frightening here, it's enraging, it's horrifying,and its frustrating..the
classic "long hours of boredom interspersed with moments of terror" phenom
they always use when talking about life during wartime. But we are
relatively safe. And sooner or later we will no doubt be heading home.

We will never forget the Beirut that could have been-and will hopefully be
again. Or what we saw here.

I fully hope and expect that the administrators/mods will allow this
post--and immediately close it to further comment. The crew and I greatly
appreciate all the previous comments and expressions of concern here and
thank you all.

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abourdain

Chris Marksberry wrote:

> Here's a post I received from a mailing list I'm on:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This was posted by Tony in eGullet
>
> post Yesterday, 12:10 AM
>
> Post #854
>
> Bourdain

Thanks for posting that. Bourdain is probably not entirely sane (in a
good way) but he sure is interesting. -aem

Rich > wrote:
>Does anybody know if Bourdain and crew made it out of Lebanon yet?

Egullet closed down the board (with his blessings) on
which he was discussing the situation because it was
veering into a flamewar about the war.

So no news since then that I know of.

--Blair

Blair P. Houghton wrote on 7/19/2006:


> So no news since then that I know of.

About a half hour ago, I heard on the radio that he had been evacuated.

On 20 Jul 2006 15:31:29 -0700, "KevinS" > wrote:

>
>Blair P. Houghton wrote on 7/19/2006:
>
>
>> So no news since then that I know of.
>
>About a half hour ago, I heard on the radio that he had been evacuated.
>

Yes, here it is:

Broken-hearted celebrity chef evacuated from Lebanon
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20701101.htm


Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
...
> On 20 Jul 2006 15:31:29 -0700, "KevinS" > wrote:
>
>>
>>Blair P. Houghton wrote on 7/19/2006:
>>
>>
>>> So no news since then that I know of.
>>
>>About a half hour ago, I heard on the radio that he had been evacuated.
>>
>
> Yes, here it is:
>
> Broken-hearted celebrity chef evacuated from Lebanon
> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20701101.htm
>
>
> Sue(tm)
> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!


Thank you. That's the news I was hoping to hear.

--Rich

Curly Sue > wrote:
>Broken-hearted celebrity chef evacuated from Lebanon
>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20701101.htm

I'm imagining from his revelations what the Lebanon was becoming.

And what it's become.

Hezbollah's atavistic stupidity is destroying the exact
thing the Middle East needed to become a part of the world.

But the cynical part of me wonders if Israel wasn't a
little jealous of the competition for eastern-mediterranean
vacation dollars...

--Blair

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Curly Sue > wrote:
>> Broken-hearted celebrity chef evacuated from Lebanon
>> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20701101.htm
>
> I'm imagining from his revelations what the Lebanon was becoming.
>
> And what it's become.
>
> Hezbollah's atavistic stupidity is destroying the exact
> thing the Middle East needed to become a part of the world.
>
> But the cynical part of me wonders if Israel wasn't a
> little jealous of the competition for eastern-mediterranean
> vacation dollars...
>
> --Blair

I saw the comedianne Wanda Sykes on the Tonight Show the other night and she
suggested we just send a bunch of real estate agents over there... they can
sell anything to anyone. To paraphrase: "Oh, you don't want to live in
Gaza... it's dry and it's got no views... come on over here, I'll show you
something better."

Truly, what the **** are they fighting over? It's a strip of land and a
fued like the Hatfields and the McCoy's on a much larger scale. Get over it
already! And stop dropping bombs! Geeze, even the Hatfields & McCoy's only
used shotgun pellets. And they didn't involve the entire world.

OB FOOD: Gonna make blackberry cobbler! SURPRISE! Found this recipe, let
me know if you have suggestions.

4 cups fresh blackberries or raspberries
1 c. sugar
1 Tbs. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter melted
1 egg

Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spread blackberries in an even layer(or two)
in ungreased square 8x8 baking dish. Combine sugar (less 1 tsp.), cornstarch
and lemon juice. Drizzle the cornstarch mixture over the blackberries; stir
gently. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add milk,
butter and egg and mix through. Spread batter evenly over blackberries, all
the way to the edge of the baking dish. Sprinkle with reserved sugar. Bake
30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Jill

"Rich" > wrote in message
...
> Does anybody know if Bourdain and crew made it out of Lebanon yet?
>
>
> --Rich
>
>

Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put out an all
points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's masochistic enough to
drop in.
-ginny

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>
> Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put out an all
> points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's masochistic enough to
> drop in.

I'm sure he could cope with the flames but many rfc-ers couldn't
tolerate his sense of adventure. Witness the huitlacoche thread and
the great popularity of threads about what people *don't* like. Not to
mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
mindset. -aem

"aem" > wrote in news:1153433120.981268.268110
@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:

> Not to
> mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
> the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
> mindset.

You're not talking about Bourdain, I hope.

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

Michel Boucher wrote:

> "aem" > wrote in news:1153433120.981268.268110
> @p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Not to
> > mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it
> > in the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese
> > added mindset.
>
> You're not talking about Bourdain, I hope.

I don't know how you could have gotten that from the original message.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Michel Boucher wrote:
> "aem" > wrote in news:1153433120.981268.268110
> @p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Not to
>> mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
>> the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
>> mindset.
>
> You're not talking about Bourdain, I hope.

Nope, aem is addressing the fact that he'd be horrified at the postings here
which often include canned soups, etc.

Jill

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:27:48 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>Michel Boucher wrote:
>> "aem" > wrote in news:1153433120.981268.268110
>> @p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> Not to
>>> mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
>>> the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
>>> mindset.
>>
>> You're not talking about Bourdain, I hope.
>
>Nope, aem is addressing the fact that he'd be horrified at the postings here
>which often include canned soups, etc.
>
>Jill

IOW, he's not as brave as he seems! ;>

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

aem wrote:

> I'm sure he could cope with the flames but many rfc-ers couldn't
> tolerate his sense of adventure. Witness the huitlacoche thread and
> the great popularity of threads about what people *don't* like. Not to
> mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
> the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
> mindset. -aem
>
I wonder if he'd have patience to find the food related posts for all
the OT stupid jokes, lizard photos, back and forth private
conversations.....?

Goomba38 wrote:

> aem wrote:
>
> > I'm sure he could cope with the flames but many rfc-ers couldn't
> > tolerate his sense of adventure. Witness the huitlacoche thread and
> > the great popularity of threads about what people *don't* like. Not to
> > mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
> > the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
> > mindset. -aem
> >
> I wonder if he'd have patience to find the food related posts for all
> the OT stupid jokes, lizard photos, back and forth private
> conversations.....?


Nope, he'd make most of us walk the plank... ;-)

--
Best
Greg

"aem" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> >
> > Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put out an
all
> > points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's masochistic enough
to
> > drop in.
>
> I'm sure he could cope with the flames but many rfc-ers couldn't
> tolerate his sense of adventure. Witness the huitlacoche thread and
> the great popularity of threads about what people *don't* like. Not to
> mention the canned soups used instead of real sauces, the throw it in
> the crockpot stuff, and the everything is better with cheese added
> mindset. -aem
>


I hate to tell you guys this but *all* chefs have their own dirty little
food secrets. My hub let mine slide to the speaker at a $100/plate dinner
that I was chairing about 15 years ago. The speaker told the entire room.

Never let your hub sit next to the speaker if you have anything to hide and
he's had a few

helen

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> "Rich" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Does anybody know if Bourdain and crew made it out of Lebanon yet?
>>
>>
>> --Rich
>>
>>
>
> Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put out
> an all points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's
> masochistic enough to drop in.
> -ginny

What a great idea!! I was actually surprised to hear he posts to eGullet.

Jill

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:19:53 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:


>> Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put out
>> an all points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's
>> masochistic enough to drop in.
>> -ginny
>
>What a great idea!! I was actually surprised to hear he posts to eGullet.
>
>Jill
>

He has been a member for quite some time..and sometimes is a very
active poster, as is Michael Ruhlman. They have had a mock feud
going on for a few years on eGullet, and when they get going back and
forth, it is hysterically funny.

There are a lot of chefs, writers, etc that post to eGullet...some of
them quite well known in the food world. Paula Wolfert is one such
writer/cookbook author.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:19:53 -0500, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> Anyone a member of eGullet with posting capabilities that can put
>>> out an all points bulletin asking him to drop by r.f.c. ? He's
>>> masochistic enough to drop in.
>>> -ginny
>>
>> What a great idea!! I was actually surprised to hear he posts to
>> eGullet.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> He has been a member for quite some time..and sometimes is a very
> active poster, as is Michael Ruhlman. They have had a mock feud
> going on for a few years on eGullet, and when they get going back and
> forth, it is hysterically funny.
>
Chris, why does your post say it was sent at 7:15PM? Your time zone is an
hour behind mine and it's only 6:35 here! Check your computer clock

Jill

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:36:13 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>Chris, why does your post say it was sent at 7:15PM? Your time zone is an
>hour behind mine and it's only 6:35 here! Check your computer clock

I have no idea. I keep on seeing posts that were posted supposedly an
hour ago, but were in actuality just posted. I have no idea of what
is going on.

I just tweaked the daylight savings time thingy..so maybe that will
help.

Christine, packing up the last of her cookbooks...

PS. My furniture (and the rest of my kitchen stuff AND cookbooks) will
be on the way to me tomorrow morning!!!!