Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain was an American chef, author, and travel documentarian whose work centers on food and the places it comes from. He wrote Kitchen Confidential (2000), a memoir of professional kitchens, and hosted television shows including A Cook's Tour, No Reservations, and Parts Unknown. His books also include travel writing, essays, and Typhoid Mary, a work of social history. He also wrote fiction and historical nonfiction, and he died in 2018.