Why Anthony Bourdain Will Never Make ‘Happy Horse S–t’ Food Shows Again
After witnessing the unfolding of the 2006 Lebanese War, Anthony Bourdain says he knew he could never make a “happy horse s–t” show just about food again.
Bourdain was in Beirut, Lebanon filming the Travel Channel’s “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” during the outbreak of the war. When bombs hit the Lebanese airport, Bourdain and his crew were stuck in the city waiting for the U.S. Marines to leave.
“There was something shameful in this, I felt, that we were safe — reasonably safe,” Bourdain said at an event for the Producers Guild of America’s annual Produced By conference on Saturday. “There was a sense that nothing would happen to us.