I confess to not knowing anything about Anthony Bourdain, but I did look him
up just now and one of the first things I encountered was this very
interesting New Yorker article:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this
Susan liked to go to restaurants, and one of the few things she didn't like
about the town we retired to, or next-door Hemet, was that they didn't have
any restaurants she liked. I held the somewhat incompatible view that
exercise was more important than food. "Eat simply and get lots of
exercise." But I did like taking her to restaurants, and she didn't mind
that I usually chose a chef's salad. She liked fine cuts of steak, very
rare. I did experiment from time to time, but never appreciated any of
those experiments.
And I did cook for Susan during her last few years, but now that I'm on my
own I buy a lot of Lean-Cuisine-type packaged meals from Stater Bros. I
also like Oatmeal a few times a week and canned chili from time to time -
probably not an Anthony Bourdain sort of person.
Lawrence
