mattlawyue

Currently in Tanzania, Africa doing media relations for the School of St Jude in Arusha.

Spent some time in public relations in NYC, and have written for SLAM Magazine, ESPN NewYork, the Boston Herald and BusinessWeek.

The College of New Jersey, '10.

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Posts tagged "anthony bourdain"

Where you’ll find me every Sunday.

I’ll typically gather all the stories, magazines, Sunday NYT, book (chapters) and other printed stories I collect throughout the week and work my way through them.

I read for perspective, for inspiration, for tranquility; that throughout my hectic week I’ll have learned something from reading every Sunday that will serve me well.

There’s some class-inflected hypocrisy in the food world, where the center seems to be ceding territory to two wings: the self-appointed sophisticates and the supposed rubes. And the latter — represented by Deen and other objects of Bourdain’s ire, including Rachael Ray and Sandra Lee — have come on strong over the last few years.

Frank Bruni on “Culinary Elitism.” Very well written, and accurate to an extent. And FYI, I’m as big a fan of Momofuku as they come, but their fried chicken is nothing to write home about.

Anthony Bourdain: A BEGINNING. AN END →

anthonybourdain:

It all began with Ferran Adria in more ways than one. It was because he reached out to me in 2001, invited me to come see him (in spite of the fact that I had written unflatteringly of him in Kitchen Confidential) that my partnership with zero point zero productionbegan. It was because he…

So You Wanna Be a Chef →

I am frequently asked by aspiring chefs, dreamers young and old, attracted by the lure of slowly melting shallots and caramelizing pork belly, or delusions of Food Network stardom, if they should go to culinary school. I usually give a long, thoughtful, and qualified answer. But the short answer is “no.”

samsikle:

Anthony Bourdain’s Skull Tattoo at Miami Ink