Friday, June 08, 2018

한국도 방문했던, 세계적인 Chef이자 Story Teller,Anthony Bourdain 파리의 호텔에서 의문의 자살(61세). 명복을 빈다.

미국을 비롯한 전세계적으로 유명세를 타고있는, Chef이자, Story Teller로서, CNN에서 일요일 저녁이면여행을겸한 음식세계의 여러 장르들을 진솔하게, 친구처럼 구수하게 들여주곤했던, 미국출신 Anthony Bourdain이 오늘 아침, 불란서 파리의  한호텔에서 자살로  판정되는 죽음으로 그를 사랑하는 많은 사람들, 전미국대통령 Barak Obama, 현직 대통령 트럼프를 포함한  사람들로 부터  안타깝게 하고 있다.

그는 생전에 한국도  방문하여 많은곳을 방문하면서, 한국문화에 심취했었고, 특히 술 문화에 대해 관심을 많이 갖었었다고 한다.


그는 친구인  주방장들과 외식을 하기위해 나가서, 뭘먹을까?라고  서로 의견을 나누어 보면, 대부분의 주방장들은, 한국음식을 먹자라고 의견이 모아져, 한국식당을 찾아가곤 할정도로  한국을 좋아 했었다고 한다.

Chef인 그의 친구들은 한국음식의 매콤하고 탁쏘는맛, 깊은맛, 짱아치 그리고 김치를 좋아했었다고 한다.
저녁에 갈비집을 찾아서 그곳에서 만난 아내 역활을 하는 친구를 포함하여 갈비맛에 젖어들고,  조그만 테이블에 빙둘러앉아 갈비를 즐긴 다른 친구들과는 오늘 여기서 있었던 일은 전부 이세상을 떠날때까지 비밀로 하기로 서약하면서, 소주를 마시고 그다음에는 가라오케를 찾아 목이 터져라 노래도 불었었다고 회상 하기도 했었던 그였었다.

그는 한국의  술문화에 대해서, 특히 회식에 참가할때는 7가지의 꼭 지켜야할 Tip도 잘알고 있는 친구였다.

Drinking in South Korea: 7 tips on handling a hoesik


CNN에서는 하루종일 그의 생애에 대해, 주방장으로 또 텔레비젼 Story teller로서의 그를 재조명하면서, 그의 죽음을 애도 했었다.  그는 61세로 생을 마감했는데, 그원인은 현재 프랑스 경찰이 조사중에 있다고 한다.

일명 '요리하는 악동'으로  묘사되기도한 그는 불란서의 남쪽지방 Strasbourg의 한호텔에서 머물면서, CNN에서 방송할 " Parts Unknown" 비디오를 촬영하고 있었다고 한다. "Parts Unknown"는 매주 일요일 저녁 황금시간대에 CNN에서 인기리에 방송되던 프로그람이었었다.

"우리의 친구이면서, 동료인 Anthony Bourdain의 죽음을 확인 하면서 너무도 슬프기만 하다."라고 CNN은 금요일 성명서를 발표했다.

Anthony Bourdain은 음식에 관한 픽션, 논픽션 책의 저자로, 그가 저술한 책은 항상 Best-Seller였었다.

그가 한국방문했을때, 사귄 한국친구들은  많은 충격을 받았을것으로 짐작되며, 평생 비밀로 지키기로한 그와의 약속을 이제는 발설해야 말지? 슬픔속에서 고민이 될수도 있겠다.  그의 명복을 빈다.


CNN's statement continued: "His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller.
"His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time."
Authorities in France's Alsace region confirmed his death at Le Chambard luxury hotel in Kaysersberg, AFP reported, adding that no foul play was suspected.
His death comes days after the suicide of another much-loved celebrity, 55-year-old fashion designer Kate Spade, in New York.
US government health officials on Thursday said the nation's suicides had risen by 30% since 1999, and that the crisis was a growing problem. Nearly 45,000 Americans took their own lives in 2016.

Who was Anthony Bourdain?

He shot to fame in 2000 with a best-selling book called Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, a behind-the-scenes expose on the world of haute cuisine.
In the book he wrote candidly about his abuse of drugs, including cocaine, heroin and LSD.
The globe-trotting foodie travelled more than 250 days of the year to film his show.
His work brought him to far-flung and often dangerous locations such as Libya, Lebanon, and Gaza.
His first TV show was A Cook's Tour on the Food Network in 2002. Three years later he joined the Travel Channel with Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, picking up two Emmy Awards.
He moved to CNN in 2013 with a new travel and food show, Parts Unknown, which is in its 11th season.



He became so influential that even former President Obama sought his counsel as he prepared to leave the White House.
"If you have an important state function after you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic," Bourdain said as the two men grabbed a quick bite during a political summit in Vietnam.
He began writing after a former university roommate offered him a free holiday to Cozumel, Mexico, if he promised he would write a book when he returned.
Less than six months after the 1993 trip, he penned his first work of fiction - a satirical crime novel, Bone in the Throat - while working as a chef at Sullivan's on New York City's Broadway Avenue.



(CNN) — I have, for some time, believed that the chefs doing the most interesting work in America -- chefs who are in fact redefining what "American food" means -- are Korean.
When I go out for dinner with non-Korean chef friends, all they want these days is Korean food. They get excited by the deep, tangy, spicy funk of kimchi; thrilled by the little plates of pickles and snacks that accompany the main courses; intrigued by what is, to them, often a whole new spectrum of flavors.
Date night with my wife? Korean barbecue. And God help me, among a very small circle of friends -- all of them sworn to secrecy, and on all of whom I possess horrifying and incriminating photographic evidence that ensures their eternal silence -- I have, after much soju, actually gone to Korean karaoke.

ONLY Korean, by the way. What makes it so special, other than the guaranteed anonymity, are the accompanying videos.
The Sex Pistols' "Anarchy inthe UK " (my wife's regular showstopper) plays along with images of two honeymooning Koreans in a rowboat on Lake Geneva. Iggy and the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (my big finisher) doesn't even have a dog in its video: two teenagers, holding hands at the mall.
So it was a no-brainer that as soon as I could, I'd go back to South Korea and do what Koreans do so well: eat lots of great food, drink lots and lots of beer and soju and other alcoholic beverages -- and then do silly shit that you would never do if you weren't with Koreans.
This premiere episode is distinguished by two aspects, one technical and one stylistic.

We had been looking for years for an excuse to tell a story in reverse chronological order: To start at the end, and work back relentlessly to the beginning. The original cut even opened with end credits, but this was deemed suicidal.
People would, of course, tune in and think they'd already missed the damn thing. But we did, indeed tell the thing in exact reverse chronological order, the film "Memento" being an inspiration in this regard.
And also, because we just like doing stuff like this, we begin with me, hideously hung over, trying to recreate the wreckage of the last night from memory -- and continue through an epic bar crawl -- and onwards.
Unlike my usual shows, I grow progressively more sober as the show goes on.

 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/parts-unknown-bourdain-korea-journal/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44414747

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