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Its both essential and impossible to think about the influence of Anthony Bourdain on food television.
And impossible, because Bourdains television shows were the result of an irreducible, alchemical, absolutely irreplaceable personality.
And obviously, no one else was.
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But the television influence of Bourdain is now an unshakeable legacy of the genre.
The thing about a formula is that once it exists, it seems pretty easy to replicate.
The recipe exists, but there is no substitute for Bourdain.
Many people have already written about why.
FromJames Poniewozik: He was a student.
The food travelshow is easy to replicate in form; Bourdain was one of a kind.
But happily for us, the influence of his work extends beyond other food travel shows.
Bourdains influence on television is huge immeasurable.
We probably wont have a lengthy chat with the grandmother who has been making those dumplings all her life.
