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Five lesser known facts about Anthony Bourdain

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A HOUSEHOLD name all over the world, Anthony Bourdain is one of the four walls of the kitchen out into the world of celebrity. Notorious for his roasts—both edible and audible—and particular standard from food to even art and music, here are a few things you may not know about the captivatin­g mystery that is Anthony Bourdain. crime loserville and wouldn’t have made it out of his 20s.”

Over the years, Anthony Bourdain has written several critically acclaimed books on food, which put him on the radar. But before all that, he wrote a mystery novel back in 1995 about a homicidal chef.

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Part of Bourdain’s charisma is his well-articulate­d, no-holds-barred comments. Leaving no sentiment unsaid, Bourdain almost always makes sure he gets his disapprova­l—and on rare occasions, his approval—across. On his disdain for juice cleanses, Bourdain writes on a Reddit post, “I don’t understand the juice cleanse. I mean, if you’ve ever had a colonoscop­y, the doctor gives you something that will cleanse you right quick, so I don’t really understand juice cleanses.”

According to Bourdain, there used who listened to and visibly enjoyed Bill Joel’s music in the workspace.

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In his book ate an oyster: “It tasted of seawater... of the future.” He recalls, “I had had an adventure, tasted the forbidden fruit, and everything that followed in my life—the food, the long and often stupid and self-destructiv­e chase for the next thing, whether it was drugs or sex or some other new sensation— would all stem from this moment.”

After all his adventures and accolades, Bourdain continues to fascinate and even educate. On the eighth season of his critically acclaimed show on Discovery Channel, “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” viewers will go on an exciting trip to incredible destinatio­ns including Hanoi, London, Montana, and Rome. The traveler, author, chef and all-around world every Sunday night on the cable network.

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