The world loses an explorer Quotable quotes

Anthony Bourdain was many things: a celebrity chef, an award-winning author, and a television show host. But he was also a globetrotter who took millions of viewers with him to the farthest corners of the world, helping them travel and explore food from their drawing rooms

Bourdain was found dead in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, having reportedly committed suicide

Born: 25 June 1956 Died: June 8, 2018

■ I’m proud of the fact that I’ve had as dining companions over the years everybody from Hezbollah supporters, communist functionaries, anti-putin activists, cowboys, stoners, Christian militia leaders, feminists, Palestinians and Israeli settlers, to Ted Nugent

■ You like food and are reasonably nice at the table? You show me hospitality when I travel? I will sit down with you and break bread

■ I’ve made much fun of vegetarians over the years and am said, frequently, to “hate” them. This is not true. I am dismissive and contemptuous of food that is made with ideology or a narrow world view as its first priority Books Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000)

A Cook's Tour (2001)

The Nasty Bits (2006)

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (2010) Television shows

A Cook's Tour (2002–2003) No Reservations (2005–2012) The Layover (2011–2013) Parts Unknown (2013–2018*)

*Show was being filmed at the time of his death