Travel Television

[prosodic]

Last night before I went to bed, I was watching Globe Trekkers, which I think is a fantastic PBS show. They were in Crete, and the host was eating souvlaki in a pita. It made me long for doner kebap.

*sigh*

Then I was watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations right before lunch. He was in Namibia, hanging out with a bushman tribe. And they served him warthog anus.

That made me lose my appetite. He didn't seem to be enjoying it too much either. It was, however, a pretty funny episode to watch. I find Anthony Bourdain endlessly amusing. Perhaps it's because he's snarky, and I enjoy good snark.

Then I turned to Food Network, where Road Tasted visited Seattle. YAY! Got my appetite back and now I really want to go back into downtown Seattle again ASAP. Lance hasn't been there exploring with me yet.

Anyway, I just finished making a potato salad for tonight. I had one baking potato that needed used up, so I cut it into chunks and boiled until fork-tender. For the dressing, I combined a couple splashes of olive oil, a couple splashes of Zesty Italian dressing, pepper, onion powder, minced garlic, Italian seasoning, parmesan cheese, and sundried tomatoes in olive oil. So hopefully that will make for a tasty dinner tonight. Think I'll be eating it with tuna fillets this evening, but I imagine it would also be really good with chicken and Italian sausage.

I am feeling somewhat better today. Throat is still a bit scratchy, but not nearly as sore as it was yesterday. Tomorrow I expect it will be business as usual.

Comments

[jenny-rambles.livejournal.com]

I adore Anthony Bourdain - I find his books to be amusing. I was into him from when his first book came out - mainly because I love books about the industry. :)

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

He's one of those people that you either love or hate, but I have nothing but mad love for him. He's awesome in that he's not afraid to go to some tiny remote village where he can't communicate with anybody and eat whatever it is they want to serve him. What guts.

And his sense of humor is awesome.

[jenny-rambles.livejournal.com]

I know - I love his attitude towards food. Did you read Kitchen Confidential? If you haven't I highly recommend it - its a really fast read. Totally engaging.