Ey wanna leahn howta shuck an oystah? Jaya Saxena of the new, worker-owned food publication Ravenous, joins us to discuss *Tony,* the micro-biopic about a pipsqueak version of Anthony Bourdain learning to love food in Provincetown, Mass.
From director Matt Johnson of *Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie,* and *Blackberry,* comes a fictionalized take on Bourdain’s early years. The script loosely covers about a chapter and a half from Bourdain’s hallowed *Kitchen Confidential:* the book that helped turn him from a working chef into one of the most important food writers in America. Bourdain’s reputation precedes him, but Tony largely sidesteps the mythology by downsizing Tony into a wannabe writer in need of a good ass-kicking.
We discuss Bourdain, *Kitchen Confidential,* the allure of bad boys from greater Massachusetts, what exactly goes into a Lobster Thermidor, refillable ketchup bottles, and the movie’s depiction of drugs and suicide. Finally we get into our favorite food movies *(Tampopo! Eat Drink Man Woman! Ratatouille!)* and do our recommendations.
Next week, watch for falling anvils, it’s *Coyote Vs. Acme.*
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