MOSCOW — As I embarked on a seventh World Cup journey Friday, I couldn’t help but think of Anthony Bourdain.
The celebrated chef and world traveler, who died the same day at age 61, wasn’t into soccer. In fact, I seem to remember his hostility toward it.
“I ain’t playing no soccer,” he said during an episode of “Parts Unknown” filmed in Argentina. “Alcohol and meat in tube form, however, are more familiar to me.”
His disdain for soccer was a little surprising because no sport closer mirrored his sense of adventure and efforts to better understand the planet.