Anthony Bourdain: Vegans Love And Hate Him
Written by Vegetarian Star on February 25th, 2009 in Chefs.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is not exactly known for his love of vegetarian food. After all, the guy praises foie gras.
He likes vegetables, but prefers them “cooked in duck fat or bacon”.
But he is against fur and animal testing. So maybe that’s why vegetarians and vegans like him.
“You know, that’s something that has surprised me,” he said in an interview with MyDesert.com.
“The number of vegetarians or even vegans who come to my shows and books signings and are actually nice to me. I don’t get it.”
The folks at Hezbollah Tofu like to mimic his recipes without using animal products. Money raised through the events will go to an animal charity in his name, which he has no problem with. He’s for saving cute animals. He’s even for saving the ugly ones.
“I’m against fur. I’m not a guy who would hunt for sport, even though I know people who do it certainly. As far as testing cosmetics on animals, I’m totally against it. But obviously we have some fundamental differences in foie gras and medical testing and things like that. But who’s against saving cute animals — or even not cute animals? Nobody.”
But ah, let’s not forget that Anthony will be Anthony and when it comes to describing vegetarians, he really does have no reservations. From page 70 of his book, Kitchen Confidential:
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn.”
Be sure to get an autograph next time, little Hezbollah-like irritants.
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June 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
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January 25th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
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