The Foodie Jester

Bad Boy Chef Anthony Bourdain.

I like him. I really do. I was an early defender of his macho foodie schtick, read through Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour.

Here comes the "but"...

His public ridicule of other food-television personalities gets a little old.

Not that I think Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay need to be shielded or praised on pedestals. And I understand that Bourdain's brand of satire is meant in court jester manner: clowns ridiculing kings.

But the guy makes his living on food tv! He might protect his precious foodie street cred by not shilling for TGI-Fridays, but he's in the same business as the people he rails against!