Bourdain is God, God is Bourdain. The Two Are One.

A lot of you know of my fascination and utmost respect for Chef-Hero, Anthony Bourdain. I mean, after all, this is the man who truly spurred my own desire to cook and has made cooking a soulful pursuit again. He is also one of my favorite writers, with a talent for description of even the most mundane things, both in and out of the kitchen, sublime. In a guest post over at Ruhlman.com, he takes the Food Network to task for its current crop of celebrity chefs. Those of you who have read his seminal work, Kitchen Confidential, know of Bourdain's distaste for the entire idea of the celebrity chef - though, of course, he has become one along the way, albeit with a style unmatched in the industry. Here, he essentially bemoans the loss of the soul of cooking, a soul which he, himself, has been credited with saving over the last decade at Les Halles, and as he lamented in an earlier guest post about this year's Top Chef. As always, Bourdain's musings are spot on. Read and enjoy. Also, if you haven't read Kitchen Confidential, The Nasty Bits or any other of Bourdain's earlier work, go to Amazon and buy them now.