Mr. Bourdain has a history of, calling his own shots, and it seems to be agreeable with everyone else.
Tony is, multi-talented. Chef, author, journalist, blogger, interviewer, TV star, world traveler, critic, and a family man.
Anthony Michael Bourdain is 51 years old, grew up in New Jersey, went to Vassar for a couple of years and worked restaurants in Mass and New York, helping to put himself through school.
Vasser College, was a womens' college, but in the 60s, had opened it doors to men. Mr. Bourdain, enrolled at Vasser, for no other reason, than to be near his high school sweetheart, Nancy Putkoski. And, yes, they got married, later.
Tony didn't do very much studying at Vasser. He was to busy doing homework for everyone else, who could afford him. It kept him in "drug money". Tony had a big taste for drugs.
Along the way, Tony discovered his taste for food, went above and beyond his sideline, and ended up transferring from Vasser, in his second year, to go to "Culinary Institute Of America", in Hyde Park, New York. Lucky for Tony, it just happened to be, the number one, culinary school in the US at the time.
After graduation, Tony worked at several of New York's finest restaurants, but his drugs got in the way and slowed him down on the path.
Through out the 80s, Mr. Bourdain became addicted to heroin and it took a toll. He didn't do much, but work the kitchens. He eventually got into rehab and kicked the heroin.
After Tony got control over his heroin, he didn't let ambition stand in his way any longer.
Enrolling in creative writing classes at a local college, Mr. Bourdain got bitten by the writing bug and started wearing another hat. The hat said, "Author", but Tony had to work at it.
Tony's journalistic passion began to take note in, "The New York Times", "The Times" and other local papers and magazines, in the New York, area.
In 1995, Tony had his first, ever, novel published, "Bone In The Throat". It got panned, along with all of his other efforts at the time.
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