Chewing the Fat: Batali and Bourdain on Baby Food
Mario Batali and Tony Bourdain are a couple of champion fat chewers who know and like and respect each other a great deal, so we thought why not bring them together for the next set of Chewing the Fat episodes.
So what kind of delicious eats does a dad like Tony Bourdain raise his baby daughter on? Find out in this week's webisode. We'll give you a hint: wild boar is on the menu, horse meat is not.
The new season of Tony's show No Reservations airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on the Travel Channel. Mario's show, Spain...On the Road Again, co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Bittman, continues on PBS.
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21 Comments:
Boy, it used to be popular to buy your baby girl a pony for her birthday. Who knew now you can feed her one?
juliebugsmama at 8:53AM on 01/08/09
As Batali stuffs his face ignoring Bourdain's musing on his kids exposure to other cultures.
poxpopuli at 10:10AM on 01/08/09
batali is not ignoring him you moron
batman at 10:53AM on 01/08/09
*batman, not in this one, but in the last clip Batali pretty much was. kinda funny, check it out.
arrestedzeppelin at 11:25AM on 01/08/09
I would much rather hear what Batali has to say - if he could get a word in edgewise.
vox8ight at 1:18PM on 01/08/09
i love bourdain!
GrabTrees at 1:22PM on 01/08/09
Oh, my that's some adventurous foodie baby food!
dhorst at 3:20PM on 01/08/09
Baby food is bad for the babies. A lot of chemicals. Feed yo kids natural ish. Just mush it up yourself
MrChow at 3:24PM on 01/08/09
My 4 year old is pretty adventurous (raw fish, lamb, curries, etc.), but there are still those days when she really wants boxed mac and cheese or those dreaded mcnuggets (for which i can 'thank' a relative for introducing her to). I think it's inevitable when they hit school age to want that kind of stuff. I remember seeing Mario Batali talk to someone (Maybe Gwyneth on the Spain show?) about his kids only wanting hot dogs at a certain age. It's awful for folks who like their food, but it happens (and it sucks)! :)
missus_p at 4:46PM on 01/08/09
Tony is in for a rude awakening once his daughter gets a taste of a Ring Ding or a Twinkie as a youngster, not to mention when the child hits the rebellious ages and anything that is opposite to her upbringing will have unavoidable appeal. Have a nice day!
thegoch at 5:55PM on 01/08/09
@thegoch, I love it! "What's that you've got?" "It's a bag of Chicken McNuggets you old hippie-punk poseur!"
chanterelle at 9:46PM on 01/08/09
My daughter is 2...and i'm pretty proud of her palate (sp?) - she loves sushi, cooked spinach, dim sum...she's even tried chicken feet!
Teahlo at 9:59AM on 01/09/09
Or even funnier - "Daaaad you know I am a vegan!"
vox8ight at 10:42PM on 01/09/09
@vox8ight, lol, you know that's coming, a britney spears-loving, tofu nugget eating, card-carrying PETA member...in opposition to her father's strong *ahem* opinions.
dmarina at 3:30PM on 01/10/09
And Tony will just melt and go along with it. "Say, these frozen tofu nuggets aren't half bad!"
annien at 3:00PM on 01/11/09
Bourdain makes me want to hurl. I cannot begin to understand why I so dislike him (it must be something more than his insufferable arrogance), but I do. I'm with whoever said they're rather hear Batali talk.
expat39520 at 9:17AM on 01/12/09
I didn't know what to make of Bourdain until I saw his show No Reservations (Beirut Episode). They were stuck in Beirut with some type of conflict going on around them and it was very scary/intense to say the least. After seeing this vulnerable side of him, he made a fan out of me. Sure he can still be arrogant at times but I'm sure we've met worse in our day to day lives.
ddvierra68 at 1:16PM on 01/12/09
Having savored his books and thoroughly enjoyed his shows, I wish more media people had his experience and the chutzpah to tell it like he does. If it is arrogance it is well earned and justified.
thegoch at 3:07PM on 01/12/09
"her parents ship it over"..... wha?? Did Tony adopt or does he refer to himself in the third person?
tenacity at 3:44PM on 01/12/09
"Her parents" are the mother's parents. They're italian.
hamsterslug at 3:54PM on 01/12/09
Anthony Bourdain has children? That's got to be a mistake on somebody's part.
:D
Mooner at 9:39PM on 01/12/09