One of America’s Most Beloved Food Icons Got His Start in a Surprising Place. But Was the Story Really So Rock-and-Roll?

Movies What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Tony A new coming-of-age biopic follows Anthony Bourdain through a formative summer in the kitchens and beaches of Provincetown. But was he really forced to sleep on a porch? Aug 21, 20266:23 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Bruce Gilbert/Newsday RM via Getty Images and A24. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Some biopics take the soup-to-nuts approach to their subject (although the chronology may be jumbled up for cinematic interest), hitting the notes of each well-known triumph and failure. Others opt to drill down on a short but pivotal period, usually one of soul-searching before a change of creative direction. Rock icons seem to lend themselves pa