Climbing up the Social Ladder
In New Jersey, Anthony and his younger brother Christopher grew up in a well-to-do suburban family. Pierre rose through the ranks at Columbia Records, allowing the family to travel, primarily to France, so Tony learned the language. Their surname was Bourdain, after all.
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Anthony loved France, and their food always fascinated him, plus he discovered his enthusiasm for eating there too, which he already had for literature and movies. His first job was shucking oysters in a Cape Cod seafood shack, and he was sold hook, line, and sinker.