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The wonderings and wanderings of an occasional party boy
Aug 27 2007
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Highlights of ‘No Reservations’ in Cleveland

  • Bourdain insisting on meeting food writer/tour guide/Cleveland booster Michael Ruhlman at fast-food institution Skyline Chili
  • Collaboration with the American Splendor crew—Harvey Pekar, Toby, artist Gary Dumm
  • Watching surfers in the freezing, filthy Lake Eerie; packing beers in a snowbank while doing so
  • Zubal’s, a bookstore in a former Hostess factory complete with still-running pipes of Twinkie filling
  • Ruhlman falling for Bourdain’s childish taunting, calling him a motherfucker, then being reprimanded by Pekar
  • In fact, Bourdain’s endless tormenting of Ruhlman
  • Bourdain showing he’s still got it and actually cooking
Bonus: episode comics here; Bourdain and Ruhlman on the radio here (direct mp3 link)