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# This Week - Feb 03, 2017
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2017-02-03/
- Published: 2017-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:41.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, anthony bourdain, eater, maria bustillos, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> Over time, the central tension or mainspring that develops in Bourdain's writing is an almost standard-issue artist's paradox; he is an aesthete with a bone-deep love of order and belonging — mise en place is a frequently recurring theme  
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> — [Fiction Confidential (Maria Bustillos for Eater)](http://www.eater.com/2017/1/25/14376996/anthony-bourdain-novels-fiction?ref=drewshannon.net)