Anthony Bourdain is being mourned, of course, by fellow chefs and foodies for his sardonic exposés about what really happens in the kitchens of some of America's best restaurants. And for his travels to explore the world's cuisines. But communities of color, women, people who are gender-different from the perceived norm — those people sent heartbroken tributes, too. The chef, food and travel writer and humanitarian was found dead on Friday while with a production crew on a shoot in France for one of his food travelogues. The cause of death was suicide . "If you're from a marginalized, dehumanized community, you know what Anthony Bourdain meant," tweeted Mohammad Alsaafin. "To Palestinians, Iranians, Libyans, undocumented immigrants in the US, abused women...what a loss." What a loss indeed. Food historian Michael W. Twitty won a coveted James Beard award earlier this spring for The Cooking Gene : A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. He wrote on Twitter,
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