If you don’t know who Anthony Bourdain is, shame on yourself.  He’s a hilarious chef with one of those traveling food shows on the Travel Channel (No Reservations), but he is also a writer.  He has a very dark yet real humor and basically says what everyone else is thinking.   Bourdain is also apparently friends of Michael Ruhlman b/c he occasionally posts on his blog and his latest entry which essentially trashes Food Network is hilarious and extremely true.  The thing is worth the read and I agree with it 100%.  So much that I believe he stole some of the quotes from my conversations with Jen while watching FoodNetwork.  Here are some quotes  below but you really should read it all.

on Mario Batali

 Relegated to the circus of Iron Chef America, where–like a great, toothless lion, fouling his cage, he hangs on….

on Giada

She was robbed in her bout versus Rachael Ray on ICA. ROBBED! And Food Net seems more interested in her enormous head (big head equals big ratings. Really!) and her cleavage….

on Rachael Ray

Complain all you want. It’s like railing against the pounding surf. She only grows stronger and more powerful. Her ear-shattering tones louder and louder.…

on Paula Deen

Paula Deen on a Baltimore Killing Spree would be something to see. Let her get Rachael in a headlock–and it’s all over

on Sandra Lee

Pure evil. This frightening Hell Spawn of Kathie Lee and Betty Crocker seems on a mission to kill her fans, one meal at a time.……Its only possible use might be as a psychological warfare strategy against the resurgent Taliban–or dangerous insurgent groups. A large-racked blonde repeatedly urging Afghans and angry Iraqis to stuff themseles with fatty, processed American foods might be just the weapon we need to win the war on terror.

[Anthony Bourdain on Food Network]