jeremiah: if anything is worth doing, my hero lucius beebe once said, it s worth doing in style and on your own terms, and nobody goddamn else s. i want to be like him, the last magnificent, the randy and dandy boulevardier, the eminently polite, generous, witty and kind gentleman, who simply relished a civilized evening on the town over a hot bird and a cold bottle. james: lucius beebe was a very wealthy, uh, dandy from boston, kicked out of both yale and harvard, mainly for showing up dead drunk in the morning in top hat and tails and a cane. went to new york and got a job as a journalist on the new york
jeremiah: if anything is worth doing, my hero lucius beebe once said, it s worth doing in style and on your own terms, and nobody goddamn else s. i want to be like him, the last magnificent, the randy and dandy boulevardier, the eminently polite, generous, witty and kind gentleman, who simply relished a civilized evening on the town over a hot bird and a cold bottle. james: lucius beebe was a very wealthy, uh, dandy from boston, kicked out of both yale and harvard, mainly for showing up dead drunk in the morning in a top hat and tails and a cane. went to new york and got a job as a journalist on the new york herald tribune, i believe. and singlehandedly, that man created what was known as cafe society.
anthony: welcome back. i m anthony bourdain. tonight, instead of bringing you to parts unknown, i m introducing you to jeremiah tower the original celebrity chef who redefined not just america cuisine, but the entire american restaurant experience. everyone wanted to cook like jeremiah, be like him, sleep with him. so, why did he walk away from it all? and what happened when he tried to come back? stay with me for the remarkable conclusion of jeremiah tower, the last magnificent. jeremiah: if anything is worth doing, my hero lucius beebe once said, it s worth doing in style and on your own terms, and nobody goddamn else s.
i want to be like him, the last magnificent, the randy and dandy boulevardier, the eminently polite, generous, witty and kind gentleman, who simply relished a civilized evening on the town over a hot bird and a cold bottle. james: lucius beebe was a very wealthy, uh, dandy from boston, kicked out of both yale and harvard, mainly for showing up dead drunk in the morning in a top hat and tails and a cane. went to new york and got a job as a journalist on the new york herald tribune, i believe. and singlehandedly, that man created what was known as cafe society. jeremiah: his column in gourmet magazine, called along the boulevards,
i m anthony bourdain. tonight, instead of bringing you to parts unknown, i m introducing you to jeremiah tower the original celebrity chef who redefined not just america cuisine, but the entire american restaurant experience. everyone wanted to cook like jeremiah, be like him, sleep with him. so, why did he walk away from it all? and what happened when he tried to come back? stay with me for the remarkable conclusion of jeremiah tower, the last magnificent. jeremiah: if anything is worth doing, my hero lucius beebe once said, it s worth doing in style and on your own terms, and nobody goddamn else s.