Anthony Bourdain gets down with the Bronx in latest episode of 'Parts Unknown'
The celebrity chef chows down on cuchifritos on the Grand Concourse and celebrates the borough’s diversity in an episode of his CNN show, which airs Sunday.
Anthony Bourdain and Baron Ambrosia explore the Bronx on his CNN show.
Bronx appétit!
Famed foodie Anthony Bourdain chows down on cuchifritos on the Grand Concourse and celebrates the borough’s diversity in an episode of his CNN show “Parts Unknown,” which airs Sunday.
“The Bronx is a magnificent sprawl, filled with good stuff, with delicious food — a cultural wellspring,” Bourdain told The News in a statement Friday.
“I felt embarrassed and ashamed to know so little about my lifelong next-door neighbor,” said the globetrotting TV star, who lives on the Upper East Side.
Bourdain devours Garifuna cuisine at a family cookout in Pelham Bay Park during the episode and boogies down with Bronx luminaries like DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Melle Mel, historian Lloyd Ultan and herbist Pops Baba.
He also enlists the help of the Bronx’s own culinary expert Baron Ambrosia for part of his rollicking restaurant tour.
188 Cuchifritos is one of several eateries featured in the Bronx episode of "Parts Unknown."
“We both live by a certain bacchanalian sensibility,” said Ambrosia, who joined the world traveler for a meat-heavy meal at 188 Cuchifritos in Fordham.
“We connected as kindred spirits,” he added. “People who both enjoy living and celebrating other peoples’ cultures.”
The pair dined on Puerto Rican favorites like morcia, pernil and chicharon, while they discussed the history of hip hop in the Bronx.
Popular Bronx music store Moodies Records makes an appearance on the show, as hip-hop originator DJ Kool Herc flips through 45s and talks about the birth of a genre that now dominates the airwaves.
“It’s not necessarily well known that hip hop started in the Bronx,” said Ultan of the Bronx Historical Society.
Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan had a bite to eat with Anthony Bourdain at Liebman's Deli in Riverdale during the taping of the show.
FINKELSTEIN, KATHERINE
Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan had a bite to eat with Anthony Bourdain at Liebman's Deli in Riverdale during the taping of the show.
“There is a beginning of an appreciation of the Bronx and its place in the city and in the world,” he added.
The hour-long journey through the borough also features a humorous segment with punk rock legend (Handsome) Dick Manitoba, who scarfs down White Castle sliders.
And a culinary cruise in the Bronx wouldn’t be complete without a trip to City Island, where the one-time seafood chef ate at the Sea Shore Restaurant.
Bourdain, who appeared humbled by his visit, heaps praise on the Bronx throughout the episode.
At one point, he calls the northernmost borough “a petri dish for talent, for culture.”
dslattery@nydailynews.com
The celebrity chef chows down on cuchifritos on the Grand Concourse and celebrates the borough’s diversity in an episode of his CNN show, which airs Sunday.
Did you know hip hop's origins trace back to a '73 party held in DJ Kool Herc's Bronx building? See Parts Unknown 10/5. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/
Anthony Bourdain and Baron Ambrosia explore the Bronx on his CNN show.
Bronx appétit!
Famed foodie Anthony Bourdain chows down on cuchifritos on the Grand Concourse and celebrates the borough’s diversity in an episode of his CNN show “Parts Unknown,” which airs Sunday.
“The Bronx is a magnificent sprawl, filled with good stuff, with delicious food — a cultural wellspring,” Bourdain told The News in a statement Friday.
“I felt embarrassed and ashamed to know so little about my lifelong next-door neighbor,” said the globetrotting TV star, who lives on the Upper East Side.
Bourdain devours Garifuna cuisine at a family cookout in Pelham Bay Park during the episode and boogies down with Bronx luminaries like DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Melle Mel, historian Lloyd Ultan and herbist Pops Baba.
He also enlists the help of the Bronx’s own culinary expert Baron Ambrosia for part of his rollicking restaurant tour.
188 Cuchifritos is one of several eateries featured in the Bronx episode of "Parts Unknown."
“We both live by a certain bacchanalian sensibility,” said Ambrosia, who joined the world traveler for a meat-heavy meal at 188 Cuchifritos in Fordham.
“We connected as kindred spirits,” he added. “People who both enjoy living and celebrating other peoples’ cultures.”
The pair dined on Puerto Rican favorites like morcia, pernil and chicharon, while they discussed the history of hip hop in the Bronx.
Popular Bronx music store Moodies Records makes an appearance on the show, as hip-hop originator DJ Kool Herc flips through 45s and talks about the birth of a genre that now dominates the airwaves.
“It’s not necessarily well known that hip hop started in the Bronx,” said Ultan of the Bronx Historical Society.
Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan had a bite to eat with Anthony Bourdain at Liebman's Deli in Riverdale during the taping of the show.
FINKELSTEIN, KATHERINE
Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan had a bite to eat with Anthony Bourdain at Liebman's Deli in Riverdale during the taping of the show.
“There is a beginning of an appreciation of the Bronx and its place in the city and in the world,” he added.
The hour-long journey through the borough also features a humorous segment with punk rock legend (Handsome) Dick Manitoba, who scarfs down White Castle sliders.
And a culinary cruise in the Bronx wouldn’t be complete without a trip to City Island, where the one-time seafood chef ate at the Sea Shore Restaurant.
Bourdain, who appeared humbled by his visit, heaps praise on the Bronx throughout the episode.
At one point, he calls the northernmost borough “a petri dish for talent, for culture.”
dslattery@nydailynews.com
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