Chef/author of "Kitchen Confidential," is on the new travel series "No Reservations." Tonight he is in Paris. There's a review in todays NYTimes. "Where Absinthe Makes the Kitchen Grow Hotter."

That is a real groaner.

I love Anthony Bourdain!!!!

Wish I had the Travel Channel-you'll have to post back and let me know how it is.

It's on basic cable. Not listed in our papers but here(Boston area) it's ch. 27

Thanks for the reminder, Mimi. I think Bourdain is so HOT! I have a fantasy that involves him, a stove, and a pound of foie gras. Yea, baby.....

Here you go, John.

http://travel.discovery.com/fansites...tml?source=nyt

Geez! He;s doing PARIS!

I was just waiting on his show from his home base in Bergen County , NJ!

Here's the New York Times review from this morning's edition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/ar...rav.html?8hpib

What I want to know is how does he stay so damn skinny, what with the foie gras and all that. . .

Thanks for the reminder... I've seen the ad when I've been on either Virtual Tourist or Trip Advisor, but I had forgotten. I've loved his travel food shows on FoodTV and look forward to this series.

Got caught up watching Law and Order then switched channels so I missed the first half, it is a one hour show. I enjoyed it, Paris was lovely. Rudolph sans head was less lovely. It will be repeated tonight so if you missed the 1st airing, you're not out of luck. In Texas it was on at 9 PM and will re-air at midnight.

I enjoyed his earlier show, don't recall the name, and I too wonder how he stays so slim when he appears to be eating, well, so often. Perhaps that's it, eat a real meal instead of snacking, ah but that's no fun.

For me, it was not a show to watch again. I was excited to see previews but the real thing didn't live up to my expectations.

The joke about "Bad Santa" will haunt me.

What the heck channel is the Travel Channel in northern VA? I checked about a hundred channels and couldn't find it. And no way I'm paying Cox any more for some extra channels - I already have 117!!!!

Call your cable server and they will tell you. I did that to find OLN. Both of these channels are not listed in my newspaper. I only have basic.

The Travel Channel is not part of basic cable in Baltimore. Oh, well.

I think the chain smoking helps to keep him slim and trim.

I enjoyed it but not without reservations (duh....). The contrived changes in the plot are sort of corny, like a kind of seedy old uncle leading kids into a scary part of the cellar and going "boo!" and then taking them by an ice cream stand and saying, "how did we get here? Maybe we should get some ice cream!" And there's always an air of abiding decadence and, certainly, self-indulgence ("this is me, Tony Bourdain, being more 'in' than the 'in'&quot. The whole absinthe thing (he and some special effects to create a Lucy-in-the-Sky-with-Absinthe experience) was kind of hokey, and I'm wondering what audience that was designed to target.

But when he's doing straight history or basic commentary explaining or illustrating, he's enlightening and entertaining. And lord knows it was a very different, pungent, and fascinating view of Paris.

I will watch it again at least one more time, for the unusual views and insights on the place he's visiting (Iceland next week), and hope that his intelligence and expertise will outshine his shtick.

Still waiting to hear which restaurants he reviewed in Paris! I looked on the web site and read the NYTimes article, but no clues there. From what I read though, sounds like his target audience is alcoholics and aging hipsters.

ST CIRQ..Try channel 86..that works in Alexandria