Anthony Bourdain Hates Philly, Animals
“Honestly, I’ve never even bothered with Philly,” says bad boy chef/author/TV host Anthony Bourdain to the Philadelphia Weekly's
Anthony Bourdain Hates Philly, Animals
“Honestly, I’ve never even bothered with Philly,” says bad boy chef/author/TV host Anthony Bourdain to the Philadelphia Weekly's Josh Valocchi. "It seems to me it's a two-horse town: Starr and Perrier." Clearly he's forgotten several other major players: Barbaro (RIP), Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex.
Bourdain, who reads from his new book "No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach" at the Free Library Saturday (2 p.m., It's free), also complains to the PW about "the worst kind of terrorists," animal-rights groups such as Hugs for Puppies, which recently protested foie gras, made from torturing ducks.
“These fucking people are not really all about us not eating duck liver,” snarls Bourdain. “No, no, no. They don’t want us eating any animal product whatsoever. These people...must be stopped.”
A call to Hugs for Puppies seeking a rebuttal was not immediately returned.
UPDATED DEC. 4: Nick Cooney, director of Hugs for Puppies calls Bourdain's comments as "obviously rhetoric that means very little." Cooney says people protesting outside restaurants do not deserve to be called terrorists..
I like Bourdain but this is just another New Yorker hating on Philly for the sake of hating. They're insecure because our local cuisine blows theirs out of the water. We have better bread as well. The only thing they have the edge on us with is in Bagels and Pizza. Has anyone had a "hero" from New York? It's all olive oil. No freaking vinegar at all. I'd put our ethnic scene up against theirs any day of the week as well. Of course we don't have thousands of restauranteurs like New York does but a "two horse town?" Come off of it. He'd never try our ethnic scene because he'd be too scared to go to places like Olney in order to get to Koreatown.— cnote55nj
