Valerie Bailey

1 month ago | eatlikebourdain.com | Valerie Bailey

I’m a visitor, a traveler, an enthusiast. Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts. It even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you. It should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, in your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

1 month ago | eatlikebourdain.com | Matt Young |Valerie Bailey

This post was written in partnership with Matt Young, who contributed many great guides to this site. I’ll be honest, I’ve been sitting on this draft for about two years. See, as part of building out this site to show everywhere Anthony Bourdain ate, I mapped out all the episodes and corresponding destinations.

1 month ago | eatlikebourdain.com | Valerie Bailey

While on a train in Europe, I was once told: “Everyone says Paris is the most beautiful city, but Edinburgh, Budapest, and Prague are all just as beautiful.” These cities all vary a lot, and I’ve been lucky to visit them all – in part inspired by this friendly tip. I agree that Prague is beautiful, with plenty of incredible tourist sights and experiences… but it doesn’t have the greatest reputation as a culinary destination.

1 month ago | eatlikebourdain.com | Valerie Bailey

In the Venn diagram of cultures, Macau sits right in the overlap. Settled by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first – and last – European colony in East Asia. Portugal held the colony until 1999 when they handed it over to China; in a shocking twist, Macau was not completely assimilated and retains much of its original colonial charm, but far fewer scars than other colonies around the globe.

2 months ago | eatlikebourdain.com | Valerie Bailey

Say what you will about Wisconsinites – like calling them Cheeseheads – but they know their cheese. As it turns out after following Anthony Bourdain in Milwaukee and doing a bit more research beyond only what’s shown when he filmed there, Wisconsinites also know a whole load of other delicious, local ingredients. Anthony Bourdain visited Milwaukee once, in season 6, episode 15 of No Reservations; he didn’t visit again during any of his other shows, and it was his only visit to Wisconsin too.