_:vb7309667 "The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; [\u2026] ."@en . _:vb7309665 . "1" . . _:vb7309666 . _:vb7309667 . _:vb7309665 "(figuratively) To undertake a precarious course of action."@en . _:vb7309667 "2022 October 3, Dwitght Garner, \u201CAnthony Bourdain\u2019s New Biography: Light on Subtlety, Heavy on Grit\u201D, in The New York Times\u200E[1]:"@en . _:vb7309666 "The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly."@en .