Friends of Anthony Bourdain
Return to parts unknown... or parts now known, thanks to Anthony Bourdain. Revisit the places he traveled to and explore what’s changed since he last visited, as told by his friends. Join food industry vets Emily Fedner (@foodloversdiary) and Fabrizio Villalpando (@theemoodyfoody) each week as they catch up with the friends of Anthony Bourdain. Follow along @friendsofanthonybourdain.
During his early years in New York, Anthony Bourdain frequently visited Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In fact, it was featured in the final episode of CNN's Parts Unknown, filmed in April 2018, just two months before he died in a hotel in France. The...
Anthony Bourdain was long admired for traveling to a new place without any preconceptions. Nashville was among the great destinations in which he aimed to dispel all stereotypes – from its people, history, food and culture – until he experienced it fo...
There are few who knew Anthony Bourdain as well as Tom Vitale, a producer and director on over 100 episodes of Bourdain's television shows, including No Reservations, The Layover and Parts Unknown. He is the author of "In the Weeds: Around t...
Anthony Bourdain understood that food is political, and his travels were often prescient of cultural events, but perhaps none more than Russia. From A Cook’s Tour until Parts Unknown, Zamir Gotta was always by his side in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Ro...
Anthony Bourdain had the ability to tell broader stories about a country’s history and culture through focusing on its food. Bourdain was particularly impacted by the Middle East, leading him to tell stories of the region that went beyond the picture pa...
Return to parts unknown... or parts now known, thanks to Anthony Bourdain. Revisit the places he traveled to and explore what’s changed since he last visited, as told by his friends. Join food industry vets Emily Fedner (@foodloversdiary) and Fabrizio V...