Anthony Bourdain is a man of many talents and many curse words: For the past 30 years, he's been a successful chef, then author, and television host, traveling the world for his Travel Channel series, No Reservations, and eating at some of the most loved restaurants in the world (as well as its least-known food stalls and noodle stands). In short, for at least the past decade, he's held down everyone's dream job.

Tonight on No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain unearthed some ten-years-old footage from when his cooking and writing careers were catching fire. Here, he discusses why he wanted to be a chef.

Anthony Bourdain takes a trip to Kerala, India where he is greeted with hospitality and some uncommon shellfish found in the murky backwaters of India. Needless to say he was a bit tentative to eat the mussels.

Last night, Anthony Bourdain visited the home state of his head cameraman Zack. On paper, New England is a relatively tame place for Bourdain to visit, but a few capsized sailboats in icy Maine waters and backwoods sojourns changed that.

Anthony Bourdain took a break from jet setting to exotic locations and settled down in his old digs at Les Halles to teach viewers basic cooking techniques. Here, we learn how to cook an omelette.

Last night on No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain traveled back to the country that seems to have enchanted him the most: Vietnam. Not surprisingly, his tour of the Central Highlands showcased some seriously bizarre eats and a revolting style of booze.

Tonight, Anthony Bourdain traded in bull testicles and bizarre exotic dishes for boiled vegetables and Cotes du Rhone wines, taking in the impossible beauty of Provence.

Anthony Bourdain has gone from hip middle-aged man who travels the world, to a crotchety old man who travels the world so gradually we almost didn't notice. But there he was last night, complaining, aching, and just being old.

Anthony Bourdain has a big problem with food bloggers. He doesn't see why someone would want to eat food, document it, and then have other people view the results of that experience. Pot, meet kettle.

Tonight's episode of No Reservations featured Anthony Bourdain's return to familiar territory in Ecuador: he ate roadside ceviche, drank and schmoozed with the local friends he seems to be so good at making, and—oh, yeah—ate penis soup.

Usually Anthony Bourdain visits exotic locales eating conch ceviché, but last night he stayed close to home by touring the Hudson Valley. And who did he happen to have dinner with? Long-time resident Bill Murray! Bourdain was in awe.

On last night's No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain visited Prague. And that means one thing: liver-crippling drinking. What starts off as an innocent tour about Prague's culture quickly spirals into a man sloppily cramming pork in his mouth at 4 am.

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A viewer can't help but think that It's been a while since Chef Bourdain was doing lines of pure Columbian yayo off of Keith Richard's poultry, but make no mistake; It's neither the first, nor last time Bourdain's cooked blow.

The 2007 James Beard Awards, as the NYT's food reporter Florence Fabricant noted in the Times, are taking place at Lincoln Center on May 7th. Yup, that Lincoln Center, the one without a kitchen. This, clearly, presents a quandary for an awards ceremony ostensibly honoring the nation's top chefs by inviting them to cook. Chef-turned-reality star Anthony Bourdain, one of this year's non-honorees, really no like.