The US State That Anthony Bourdain Never Visited

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The US State That Anthony Bourdain Never Visited By Lindsey Reynolds Oct. 14, 2025 6:20 pm EST

Whether it was a war-torn street corner in Beirut or a dive bar in Detroit, Anthony Bourdain did a fine job of trying to touch nearly every corner of the globe. But even one of the most well-traveled food documentarians ever left a few surprising blank spots on the map . One of the most notable? Our 49th state, Alaska. It's a place that's rich in culinary identity and complexity, yet somehow managed to evade the Bourdain spotlight.

The vast and still largely unexplored state is often called "The Last Frontier." One does wonder how Bourdain — a man obsessed with extremes and edge-of-the-map locales — could skip a state that's arguably the most remote and rugged in