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Explores the life and career of Michael Chow - a Zelig figure who owns restaurants around the world that celebrities and artists flocked to, is the son of a Chinese opera star, and now is asserting himself as an artist.
posted by larrybob on Jan 9, 2024 - 2 comments

From The Beef to The Bear, this season tears down the restaurant to build something entirely new and exciting. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Jun 24, 2023 - 44 comments

After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, a celebrated vegan restaurateur finds her life veering off the rails. [more inside]
posted by johnofjack on Apr 15, 2022 - 9 comments

Living alone in the Oregon wilderness, a truffle hunter returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig and goes on a cat-and-mouse run along the shore. [more inside]
posted by Strange Interlude on Jul 21, 2021 - 14 comments

After twenty-five years of "sex, drugs, bad behaviour, and haute cuisine," chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 12, 2018 - 6 comments

Adam starts with why diamond engagement rings are bad and takes us on a journey through charity, sex, hygiene, and finally death. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jan 5, 2016 - 2 comments

Who was General Tso, and why are we eating his chicken? This feature documentary explores the origins and ubiquity of Chinese-American food through the story of an iconic sweet and spicy chicken dish. [more inside]
posted by gemutlichkeit on Jan 18, 2015 - 12 comments