Alina from Fort Worth asks whether restaurant top, as in two-top, is an acronym. Probably not. It likely comes from the tabletop and its place settings, especially the distinction between seating diners at a table and putting them at the bar. Her...
A reader of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential thinks the book is snarky—but what does snarky really mean? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Snarky, Narky, and the Nose-in-the-Air Family of Sn-Words” Hi, you have A Way with...

