The Bourdain effect: Around the world with Anthony, one last time We had only begun working on his new book when he died – I knew I had to finish it
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“It was never my intention to be a reporter, a critic, an advocate. It was also never my intention to provide audiences with ‘everything’ they needed to know about a place – or even a balanced or comprehensive overview. I am a storyteller. I go places, I come back. I tell you how the places made me feel.
“Through the use of powerful tools like great photography, skilful editing, sound mixing, colour correction, music (which is often composed specifically for the purpose) and brilliant producers,
Should you read Anthony Bourdainâs new, posthumous book?
After the author and TV personalityâs death, his longtime assistant was left to finish his last tome, a world travel guide.
Sebastian Modak
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New York | In March 2017, Anthony Bourdain had an idea for a book, but no time to write it. Since he started travelling and eating on camera with the Food Networkâs A Cookâs Tour in 2000, the chef, frequent dropper of f-bombs and insatiable eater of delicious things had spent most of his time in the field, most recently for his CNN show
Parts Unknown. Mr Bourdain and his team decided he would carve out some time to write in the summer of 2018, when he would have a few rare continuous weeks at home during a break in filming. That, of course, never happened, as Mr Bourdain died by suicide in June 2018.
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Anthony Bourdain beloved chef, journalist, TV show host, and champion of human connection was always a storyteller first, and when he died in 2018, he was at work on a guide to traveling the world. His longtime assistant Laurie Woolever made the decision to carry that book to its completion, and now,
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide is a reality. Based on one hour of audio she recorded of their brainstorming session, years as coworkers and friends, it’s a vast catalogue of Bourdain’s work.
Woolever’s path to working with Bourdain included a variety of jobs that would be familiar to any multi-hyphenate or creative working in the modern gig (read: precarious) economy. She’s been a writer, journalist, editor, cook in restaurants and private kitchens, and an assistant to Mario Batali. After working with Bourdain for more than a decade, Woolever was uniquely positioned to bring this book to life, despite no new words from Bourdain himself.
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