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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Anthony Bourdrain did a series recently...the best foreign video journalism bit I've ever seen on DF, especially since it was actualy shot in DF!

Credit to Gary for the find first...

http://garydenness.co.uk/2009/01/anthony-bourdain-in-mexico.html

And the video if you can download it via a torrent...

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2152180

The video takes you through the food, the people, the architecture, and the life of this place. Nice to look at for someone who has never been here before.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

I just watched it. It was quite good, and even though I'm suffering from too many tacos last night, it made me want to go out and get some! Laughing

yaramaz · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:49 am Post subject:

I'd actually just finished downloading it and watching it when I stumbled upon this thread... Lovely! I am quite sure I ate at a few of the street stands he visited. My mouth was watering just watching Very Happy

A few years ago, he did a show on the US/Mexican border area, which was also quite good. It also featured Carlos, the head chef, and his family in Puebla.

I miss salsa verde. Sad

Snowmeow · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 24

It's a fascinating video but to me it focused on food too much. Is food really such an important part of Mexican culture? Or is it that the host is also a chef?

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

Anthony Bourdain is a chef and food is the basis for his series- he seems to be searching for the ways in which food brings people together, hold cultures together, makes people happy, that sort of thing. I like it.

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F