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Bourdain Kind of Announces Next Season’s ‘No Res’ Schedule
With last night’s Laotian season debut of No Reservations still on my DVR box, I can’t really comment on what Tony’s been up to.
I can, though, talk about what he’s up to now, and what he’s going to be up to soon. Actually, I’ll let him say it:
From Tuscany to Sardinia and now to Lombardi for a couple of days and then the long drive to Rome and then home - and back to work. Meaning: Mexico, DC, Vietnam, Venice, Chicago, Ethiopia, Provence, Thailand - and some other places I forget right now.
No Reservations in my neck of the woods (DC)? How… pedestrian and exciting at the same time.
I can already tell where he’s hitting: bar in Adams Morgan, maybe the bar at the Mayflower, an Ethiopian joint off U Street, and a hot spot each from Jose Andres and Michel Richard. It’d be cool if he hit some ethnic joint in Wheaton or Rockville or anyplace in Northern Virginia or thereabouts (Salvadoran, Korean, etc.).
Bourdain in NOLA
Tonight’s No Reservations takes place in New Orleans. It’s Bourdain’s first trip to the city since Hurricane Katrina struck. The Times-Picayune, which was the world’s Pulitzer-winning lifeline to news of the tragedy, has a good interview with Bourdain here.
“I don’t really care what Alec Baldwin says about politics. Even when I agree with him, I think he’s sort of a liability to the cause, because the natural instinct is to say, ‘The guy’s on TV. He probably lives in a compound in Hollywood. What does he have in common with me?’ I’m pretty wary of that.
“In this episode we’re concentrating on people in the business, in the restaurant industry, and we’re letting people know their stories. We’re just asking simple questions like, ‘What was business like before? And, ‘What is business like after?’
I’m excited for the bit where he sits down with Emeril, who, Bourdain notes, “always had a sense of humor about when I called him an Ewok”.
Your chance to be on the show here. Show schedule here. Food Network is airing old episodes of A Cook’s Tour — that schedule is here.
