Chewing the Fat: Batali and Bourdain on Music
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.
Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain discuss music in restaurants (a topic we've discussed with Batali before), and their own music abilities (or lack of). Batali's air guitar is not to be missed.
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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I love music and I love food. When there is music playing I listen to it. Why else would it be there? So I just don't understand why anyone would want to interfere with the enjoyment of either food or music by playing loud music when people are trying to have an enjoyable meal. Part of the pleasure of a communal meal is in the communion. That becomes very tough when the music masks the conversation. For me, however, I don't want music to play even when I'm by myself. Maybe I want to read or maybe I just want to enjoy my meal. Either way, the music becomes an unwelcome intruder. I'd love to see restaurants cut back on the volume or even, dare I hope, turn it off.
lawandmusic at 1:28PM on 02/05/09
I'm a psych major and in class we just learned that when music is played when people are eating, they tend to eat more food. The type of music didn't matter. That's why restaurants play music, so you'll buy more food.
I hate it when restaurants play their music too loud. But if the music is low I don't even notice it. Guess that's the point.
And I personally volunteer myself to conduct the psychological experiment for Anthony Bourdain ;)
pandar624 at 4:18PM on 02/05/09
I hope Batali listens to Bourdain on this one. I've only been to OTTO (and just the once). The worst part of the experience was the music. Way too loud. Maybe it turns tables, but it also turned my stomach.
kurteye at 7:35PM on 02/05/09
Food and music is an experience that should be enjoyed in balance. If the food is delicate and the atmosphere is light...put on Beethoven or smooth jazz. If its a bar or an eccentric restaurant, MC5 is probably going to be playing.
ruthbleu at 2:10PM on 02/08/09
did you take the videos down, or is the player just not working for me?
redzerostar at 2:02AM on 02/10/09
@redzerostar: We didn't take them down, but the player doesn't seem to be working for me, either. Will look into it in the a.m.
Adam Kuban at 2:57AM on 02/10/09