The Friday beers at the bodega with the butcher apprentices sound like the part of that old kitchen world that never makes it into anyone's argument about it.
Can’t answer as a cook. But banking had the same argument, and I notice I’m not a reliable witness on it. Everyone who went through the older version thinks it built them, which is exactly what you’d expect them to think.
Completely agree. It reminds me a bit of the paradox of intolerance - how tolerant societies should not tolerate intolerant philosophies (e.g. Nazism). Perhaps it’s somewhat the opposite for kitchens: the intolerant should not tolerate the PC. Those who need the kitchen’s solace most are often those who struggle deeply with the outside world.
I’ve been in the kitchen life since 1976. I often feel conflicted when I try to explain to young chefs that while things are getting objectively better, we are also losing a lot of what made this a refuge for people that grew up in less fortunate circumstances. The camaraderie and shared passion are missing.
Absolutely. One hundred percent. Zero to a thousand. It’s so hard to put into words what Bourdain did for us while also describing what Bourdain did to us.
How do you explain to polite society that the only good thing you used to have was knowing the expo girl would take you home when her boyfriend was in the desert cooking meth. Now I’m in board meetings with people who’s parents loved them. What even was that?
The Friday beers at the bodega with the butcher apprentices sound like the part of that old kitchen world that never makes it into anyone's argument about it.
Can’t answer as a cook. But banking had the same argument, and I notice I’m not a reliable witness on it. Everyone who went through the older version thinks it built them, which is exactly what you’d expect them to think.
Completely agree. It reminds me a bit of the paradox of intolerance - how tolerant societies should not tolerate intolerant philosophies (e.g. Nazism). Perhaps it’s somewhat the opposite for kitchens: the intolerant should not tolerate the PC. Those who need the kitchen’s solace most are often those who struggle deeply with the outside world.
I’ve been in the kitchen life since 1976. I often feel conflicted when I try to explain to young chefs that while things are getting objectively better, we are also losing a lot of what made this a refuge for people that grew up in less fortunate circumstances. The camaraderie and shared passion are missing.
Absolutely. One hundred percent. Zero to a thousand. It’s so hard to put into words what Bourdain did for us while also describing what Bourdain did to us.
How do you explain to polite society that the only good thing you used to have was knowing the expo girl would take you home when her boyfriend was in the desert cooking meth. Now I’m in board meetings with people who’s parents loved them. What even was that?