ruby’s Reviews > Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly > Status Update

I was reading this on my flight back from mexico; specifically, “Bigfoot” I was sobbing and thinking about how we are all shaped by the people around us. I cried harder knowing Anthony Bourdain isn’t around anymore. I like that he was influenced by “ordinary” people around him. Every time I eat something now, I pay attention to every single flavor running through my mouth. That’s thanks to him.

“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than no -American.”