Ottavia Bourdain Eats Omelettes in the Bathroom and Peanut Butter in Bed -- Grub Street New York

Behind every good man is a strong woman, and behind Anthony Bourdain is a woman so strong that — if she put down her three stacks of hamburger patties, five cartons of canned meat, and wheel of Cambozola — she could crush him with her pinky finger. Ottavia Busia Bourdain — wife of Tony, UFC enthusiast, Muay Thai practitioner, and blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — might not be a chef or a food-TV star, but her muscular presence in the culinary scene is pure exhilaration. That's because Ottavia, while proper foodie royalty, is much more obsessed with UFC than EMP, and instead of fighting for the last bite, she fights for the black belt. “I follow a very low-carb diet — no pasta, no bread, no sweets, and no fruit,” she tells Grub Street, explaining her disciplinary diet while in training. But O still manages to have fun, and this week, she even had a little too much fun. Read about her Amaretto di Saronno excess, Vegas steak “abomination,” and the truth about getting “food fucked,” in this week’s New York Diet.