Anthony Bourdain’s enduring legacy

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Oct. 20, 2018 Food & Drink

A mural depicting the late chef and adventurer Anthony Bourdain in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Rosalie Atkinson/KCRW

Now that Anthony Bourdain’s final season of Parts Unknown is airing on television, we revisit some of Bourdain's classic interviews with Good Food over the course of the chef’s landmark career. Plus, a visit to a remarkable memorial in New York. Also, we learn more about Tony’s love of punk rock from his 2010 appearance on KCRW’s Guest DJ Project.

From this Episode:

2000: The first interview

In 1999, Anthony Bourdain wrote an article for the New Yorker titled, “ Don’t eat before reading this .” This essay would go on to become the chef’s first book, “ Kitchen...

13 min

2004: Les Halles Cookbook

In 2004, Evan sat down with Anthony Bourdain to talk about “ Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking .”

6 min

2006: 'Nasty Bits' and beyond

The wild success of “ Kitchen Confidential ” gave Anthony Bourdain the ability to travel, eat, watch and write for a living. His book “ The Nasty Bits ” is a collection of...

8 min

2010: 'Medium Raw' and turning chefs into rockstars

Although he always considered himself an outsider, Bourdain seemed to have an insider’s look at the culinary world. In 2010, he stopped by KCRW to talk about “ Medium Raw...

14 min

NYC's tribute to Tony

Soon after the news of Anthony Bourdain’s death filtered out across the world, a spontaneous memorial sprung up in New York.

6 min

Guest DJ Project: Anthony Bourdain

In 2010, Anthony Bourdain visited KCRW’s Guest DJ Project to discuss his punk rock fandom as well as a few songs that were particularly formative in his life.

9 min