Bourdain ROCKS!!  Where was everyone 3 yrs ago when I posted about his show  No Reservations on MSN?  lol ;;

He's a fearless traveler and a fearless eater.  And he knows what he's talking about because he studied culinary arts and runs his own restaurant in NYC.     

He transports you to the places he's at and you feel such an appreciation and respect for other cultures and their eating habits.  He has a sensitive and sensible  understanding of things and draws you in.      

He writes well and is irreverent, funny, smart.  I read one of his books, Kitchen Confidential.  He used to be on the Food Network and had a show called  A Cook's Tour which was a bit like the one he has now on Travel.   

Tons of YouTube clips are out there if anyone wants to catch him in action.  

link to his tv show    about Bourdain

"Be a traveler, not a tourist"     A new season starts in January.  yay!

10 pm/Mon is the regular time slot for NR, but I’m unclear of the present schedule because they’re showing repeats –check local listings or the home site for now.   Seems it's on Mon 11 pm for now.  It also shows at random times during the week.  

Bourdain was never a Rachel Ray fan, but was always gentle about it.  I didn’t connect with many of her recipes, but I’m grateful for one of them, stuffed cabbage stoup (a stew-like soup).  I make it every winter - it has the flavors of stuffed cabbage that I remember growing up and plenty easier to make.  I don’t mix in the rice, rather I mound some on top of each stoup serving.  It includes smoked paprika and that stuff is heaven!  lol 

I prefer quicker, healthier meals that involve less ingredients these days and I often experiment to make it fun. 
I very rarely watch Food Network now, but I’ll check out Healthy Appetite.   :-)