What Anthony Bourdain Meant to Me

I remember working at Jean-Georges restaurant when I was 22 and someone asking me what my ideal job would be. I had failed to get any kind of real writing career out of college, and most nights I stayed out late with my coworkers spending what little money I did have on food I couldn't afford. So of course, without hesitation, I said I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain. Could there have been a different answer? For a writer obsessed with food, Anthony Bourdain represented the very best life. He did ...