Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> Fictional:
> "Mama" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. No money, no government support, and
> she made sure her kids were fed. My kind of woman, she knew what was
> important.
>
> TV/Real(?): Tony Bourdain, hands down. The man is a trained cook who isn't
> afraid to eat damn near anything.

Plus, when something Bourdain eats tastes foul (like the Iguana tamales
he eat in Mexico on the old Cook's Tour show), he says so. In fact,
he's arguably at his most entertaining when he's ranting about how bad
something is. And when Bourdain says something's great, it's
believable. Someone like Rachel Ray is useless as a source of info
because she has the same feigned orgasmic reaction to everything she
puts in her mouth.