All stories about "Alan Richman"

Because his weekly column just doesn't give us enough ridiculous sound bites from foodie curmudgeon Alan Richman, Metromix runs a new Q&A with him today. He discusses the blogs (hates 'em), Brooklyn restaurants (love 'em all), and of course, the New Orelans controversy: To this day, people say to me, 'Are you sorry you wrote that?' And my answer is, I am more then sure than ever that everything I wrote was right. If anyone from New Orleans is reading this, please don’t write me, I have already heard everything you have to say. I know I am monster." [Metromix]

There was a bit of speculation yesterday that Alan Richman's hammer drop on Les Halles was revenge for being awarding the Douchebag Award from Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman at the Golden Clog Awards. Well Cutlets gets a response from big T, who is unsurprisingly blasé about the whole thing: "It was like being mauled by Gumby. Afterwards, you’re not sure it even happened.” [Cutlets]

Was Alan Richman's slam of Les Halles in GQ revenge for receiving the Douchebag Award at the Golden Clogs in South Beach? Both Adam Kuban at Serious Eats and Pete Wells blogging for Diner's Journal seem to think so. Here's Wells' take: "...the two gave Mr. Richman an award whose name shall not sully this blog...Now Mr. Richman has fired back, lobbing mortar shells in the direction of Les Halles and its globetrotting consultant: 'What’s more appalling than the food or even the absurd title of Chef-at-Large is that the smirking Bourdain has somehow become the de facto public face of the restaurant industry.'" [Serious Eats; Diner's Journal]