Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

An informative and entertaining documentary produced by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, “Wasted!” takes you around the world, showing the 1.3 billion tons of food that gets thrown out each year and the people fighting hardest to prevent it (Source).

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Anthony Bourdain, in full Anthony Michael Bourdain, (born June 25, 1956, New York CityNew York, U.S.—died June 8, 2018, Strasbourg, France), American chef, author, and television personality who helped popularize “foodie” culture in the early 21st century through his books and television programs.

Raised in New Jersey, Bourdain first took an interest in food when he ate an oyster as a young boy on a trip to France with his family. He attended Vassar College for two years before ultimately graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978. Bourdain later moved to New York City, where he ran the kitchens at a series of respected restaurants. While working as a chef, he began to try his hand at writing, which resulted in two crime novels: Bone in the Throat (1995) and Gone Bamboo (1997) (Source).

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