Anthony Bourdain Is Sick of Your Annoying Foodie Children

Not only is Anthony Bourdain a globetrotting food personality , a weathered ex-wife - cook , and a beastlyJiu - Jitsu whiz , he ’s also a dad . And as he explicate ina new , wide - ranging interviewwithEsquire , he ’s passably careful not to work his girl into a frightful foodie kid , a parental fail he describes as " annoying " and " futile . " In other words , you just got yet another reason to love the beau .

Along with bestow kid - related food for thought wisdom in the extensive consultation , Bourdain also talk about whatmeals he like to falsify at nursing home , the insanely secretive cognitive process of planning lunch with President Obama , andwhat he learned from the Commander - in - Chiefwhile slurp noodles together in Vietnam . By the path , the new time of year of his CNN show , Parts Unknown , premieres with the Obama episode on September 25th .

At one point during his meal with the president , Bourdain asked the leader of the free world for a bit of advice , saying , " My daughter is eight , and she put ketchup on orchis the other day , and I did n’t know what to do . " And agree to theEsquirestory , President Obama express joy and said , " I mean you just got ta say , You have sex what ? That ’s not acceptable . " The guy cable knows what he ’s talking about , folks .

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But despite his averting to destroy egg with catsup , Bourdain told the magazine he leaves it to his girl to decide what food she ’d like to try and rust , which brings us to the subject of the said foodie kids :

" The last thing you should ever endeavor to do is to make your nestling a foodie , " Bourdain toldEsquire . " Nothing could be more annoying or futile . I always ordered her whatever she wanted , so if she want grilled Malva sylvestris or pasta with butter , I was happy to give it to her . But I never dared say , ' Honey , you should try this , it ’s good , ' because if my parent did that to me , of course I ’d be like , ' Oh God , no . ' "

If you were ever asked ( chastening : forced ) to feed thing like brussels stock as a kid , you ’re probably vigorously nod your foreland properly now . But as with every Bourdain audience , the newEsquirestoryis more than worth record in full , especially as you wait forParts Unknownto come in back .

h / tEater