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Me and The Big Guy
By Eric Rivera You know, being No Reservation's self-proclaimed #1 "FAN-atic" comes with its fair share of responsibilities...well at least I like to think so. Especially when the host of said show is...
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Is Dat an Island?
by A.P. Wickersty, Production Coordinator I'm a production coordinator for No Reservations. I spend most of my time in the office either kneeling on the floor in front of half-packed pelican cases...
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Behind-the-scenes with the ABNR PA: Burning Questions edition
by Helen Cho, Production Assistant Zero Point Zero Production. We are a tight knit crew, a beautifully functioning dysfunctional family even, and I am among the lucky few to have slipped through the...
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You Just Can't Rent These Moments
By Emily Mraz, Segment Producer As a segment producer my job is full of logistics. From beginning to end it is an enormous checklist of details that all need to fall into place at the exact time and...
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A Not So Normal Day in Chile
Rennik Soholt, Producer The helicopter was small...very small...and shaking. No bouncing, really. It was bouncing up and down, up and down. My teeth were rattling. Todd and Zach were sitting next to...
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Double Dutch
By Julie Lei, Series Producer Walking into the Bourdain office as a newcomer, was like being faced with a well-rehearsed double dutch jump rope act and told to join in. When I first started series...
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Panama by Tracey Gudwin
I have never walked on cocaine before. As Tony has assured me, it's going to be FUN and even though we have been stringently warned by Police and DEA officials - he's NOT THROWING HIS EXPENSIVE SHOES...
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History, with a shot of Raki
By Jared Andrukanis, Segment Producer Just saying the name of the city evokes a certain response. Istanbul...formerly Constantinople, formerly Byzantium, a city once declared the apex of civilization....
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Traveling Light
By Emily Mraz, Segment Producer No Reservations is a small crew and for the most part we attempt to travel light. Hopping on and off international flights with cases and cases of gear is an art as...
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Hudson Valley
By Michael Ruhlman (Tony's Sidekick) The trip began hopefully but slowly turned strange toward, and I don't know that it was entirely Bourdain's fault (as it typically is). Other forces had to be at...
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A Treacherous Search for Percebes
By Maxim Holland, Fixer As a fixer you find yourself in some pretty strange situations, but it doesn't get much stranger than clinging for dear life to a rock in the middle of the ocean off the coast...
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No Refrigeration Required
By Jared Andrukanis, Segment Producer It gets chilly here in New York during the winter months. That cold can be exacerbated by the winds that sweep over and through the corridors cut by the streets...
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Jadore le fromage
By Alex Lowry, producer I have never regretted moving to New York. Not even a tiny little bit. I love everything about this great city - the food, the people, the chaos, the weird calm. I had no...
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There is more to Vietnam than the War
By Ha Pham, fixer Do not get me wrong...I actually really, really hate articles about Vietnam with lead-ins referring the war. It is so formulaic and cliché. Come on, it was over almost 35 years ago!...
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Techniques, a special post
By Diane Schutz, producer "Allo, Diane - zees ees Jacques Pepin..." began the message. Yes, THE Jacques Pepin -- godfather of French cooking, former chef to Charles de Gaulle and buddy of Julia Child...
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Maine. My hometown.
Emily Mraz, segment producer When it was decided that there was going to be a Maine show I couldn't have been happier. Maine is my home state and a place that I am very proud of. Basically isolated...
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It's Ron Jeremy!
Nari Kye, Associate Producer Many moons ago, Tony decided Ron Jeremy (probably the most decorated male porn star ever) simply had to be apart of the sequel to the Food Porn 2 episode. We dig up his...
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Island hopping with Anthony Bourdain
By Chloe Kaplan, segment producer Although I am a veteran of producing travel and food related shows, I had never worked on a Bourdain shoot and when the opportunity landed in my unexpected lap I...
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Delilahs Brain
By: Michael Steed, Producer Being a producer on No Reservations has its perks. Truly. Ossetra caviar at Petrossian, Daniel Boulud's blood sausage, fatty, fatty tuna at Sushi Yasuda. It doesn't really...
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Worth the Effort
By: Michael Steed, Producer I've been working on No Reservations now for about seven months; just days ago I was in New York finishing my first show - Food Porn II - with a shoot starring legendary...
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