Friday, May 9, 2025

Who was Tony Bourdain Bigfoot

WHO is BIGFOOT ?

In ANTHONY BOURDAIN'S

KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL




Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential
.
BIGFOOT



BIG FOOT


A question most asked by restaurant professionals in New York who love Tony Bourdain  and his minor-masterpiece Kitchen Confidential on the underbelly of the New York Restaurant World and the restaurant scene in general. Yes, you read Anthony Bourdain's New York Times Best Seller and what launched Tony into fame as the Star of such shows as : A COOKS TOUR,  NO RESERVATIONS, The LAYOVER, and PARTS UNKNOWN on CNN.

 In KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL Tony talks with adulation of his former boss whom Tony called  BigFoot . Tony expounds on Big Foot's unconventional managerial skills in the restaurant business in New York and the many things he learned from him. Bourdain never mentions the guys name, so it has been the source of major intrigue to all who have read Anthony Bourdain's entertaining book.



So you ask, who the Hell is He? Who is Big Foot ?


Answer : ANDY MENSCHEL is Tony Bourdain's BIG FOOT






Andy Menschel

aka  "BIG FOOT"








"TONY"



ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Get a FINE ART PRINT of TONY

From FINE ART AMERICA






ANTHONY BOURDAIN



TONY EATS NOODLES

VIETNAM

"TONY'S FAVORITES"

Get a FINE ART PRINT of ANTHONY

From FINE ART AMERICA













TONY BOURDAIN



ANTHONY BOURDAIN

TRAVEL - FOOD JOURNAL

95 BLANK PAGES For JOURNALING

And FAMOUS TONY "QUOTES"












HOTELS WORLDWIDE















FLYING SOMEWHERE ?




GREAT DEALS  !!!

AIRLINE FLIGHTS & HOTELS WORLDWIDE








TONY 'S FAVORITE COOKBOOK ?



The BADASS COOKBOOK

AMERICAN'S FAVORITE FOODS

And SECRET RECIPES 

PRIZE WINNING CHILI

BONE SUCKING BBQ SAUCE

BURGERS - TACOS - BURRITOS

BLUE RIBBON MEATLOAF

KEITH RICHARDS SHEPHERDS PIE

And Much More ...










GOING To The AMALFI COAST ?



POSITANO The AMALFI COAST 

TRAVEL GUIDE - COOKBOOK

DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT !














Sunday, May 4, 2025

Anderson Cooper Tribute to Bourdain Anthony

 



Anderson Cooper & Anthony Bourdain











ANDERSON COOPER

TRIBUTE to ANTHON BOURDAIN








The Friendship of Tony Eric Ripper's

 



ERIC RIPERT & ANTHONY BOURDAIN







The BROMANCE of TONY BOURDAIN

And ERIC RIPERT








ERIC & TONY

SHARING ANOTHER MEAL












SINATRA SAUCE 

The COOKBOOK

"TONY WOULD HAVE LOVED IT"

COOK & EAT LIKE SINATRA

His FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES











ERIC RIPERT & ANTHONY BOURDAIN

SEX DRUGS & ROCK N ROLL

"And FOOD" !!!


Tony pulls no punches, and talks about his Drug Habit of many Years


"Eric calls up and says, Let's Play, and I Play"

..... Anthony Borudain .....








Tony & Eric

TOAST to Their FRIENDSHIP

A SHOT of "PAPPY VanWINKLE"







PAPPY Van WINKLE BOURBON

FAMILY RESERVE

20 YEARS OLD