re: SVP and Anthony Bourdain.

I think a lot of what people read as pretentious is Bourdain talking tongue in cheek. He may have some moments, but the dude is all over street food, hot dogs, dumplings, and other very common foods. When he went to the pig killing on South LA, he could not say enough about how good it was, especially backbone stew.

I have enjoyed all his series and watched every episode of them. He's a good entertainer and informer.