If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at or text the Crisis Text Line at For international resources, here is a good place to begin. There is perhaps no greater bromance on television than the one between Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert. In this truly bro-tastic episode β which is currently available to stream on Netflix β Bourdain, Ripert, New York chef Scott Bryan, and author Michael Ruhlman hop in a white limo and roll up to Yountville, CA to sample the French Laundry during its heyday.
And then, after five on-screen cameos, Ripert finally got to ride shotgun through an entire episode of No Reservations.
No Reservations , The Gist : For the th episode of his Travel Channel program, Bourdain brings Ripert on a dining crawl through Paris where they visit some venerable older establishments plus trailblazers some of the new restaurants that are making a splash. Hijiks : Minimal, but Tony does point out how hilarious it is that Ripert has to constantly defend the Michelin system when talking with the young trailblazing chefs of Paris.
No Reservations , Ripert is one of many guest stars in this series finale, set entirely in Brooklyn. What t hey e at : Over a dozen courses of fish and vegetable-heavy fare, all prepared by Ramirez. Quotable Bourdain m oment: On the people who go to Brooklyn Fare: "This is a much younger crowd than would be eating at a three star-Michelin 10 years ago. Parts Unknown , The Gist : Tony and the Ripper head to Peru to visit the farmers who are harvesting the cacao that the pals are using in their gourmet chocolate bars.
On the way up the mountain, the boys make a side trip to a local shaman who conducts a ceremonial blessing. Hijinks: Eric and Anthony visit a museum of ancient erotic artifacts; the guys hike up a huge mountain and Tony hates it. Yeah, me neither. Except [being] brutalized with a pepper. Hijinks: This is an especially quip-heavy episode , and some of the material is rather bawdy. A diseased, itinerant mime wandering the streets scrounging for money.
