Chef and writer Anthony Bourdain was many things to the food world, but a lover of desserts was not one of them. While promoting his 2016 cookbook, "Appetites," he famously told Publishers Weekly that the reason the chapter on desserts consisted of only a single page is because "I just don't like dessert." Cue the eye twitching.
Who doesn't like a chocolate chip cookie or a slice of tiramisu after a meal? Anthony Bourdain, that's who. The "Parts Unknown" and "No Reservations" host went on to explain that baking simply wasn't in his culinary repertoire, as he wasn't a baker or pastry chef. "I'm not good at pastries.
I can't bake. That might explain my love/hate relationship with pastry chefs," he said. "If I had to lose one course for the rest of my life it would be dessert.
" But before you lose it altogether at the thought of Bourdain never sampling delicious slices of pie, cake, or ice cream sundaes to cap off a meal, there was at least one dish he didn't mind lingering over as his meal wound to a close. Pass the cheese, please Anthony Bourdain had a very European outlook on what food was best to end a meal. In his Publishers Weekly interview, he quipped, "Just leave me some good cheese.
I want to linger over some good port wine and some really stinky, runny cheese." Beyond his dessert aversion, there are some practical reasons for this. Many after-dinner drinks pair perfectly with the creamy texture and savory notes of cheese, allowing you to experience a drink's sweet and .
