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The New York Times bestselling memoir from Anthony Bourdain, the host of Parts Unknown.
Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine."
Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bourdain spared no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door. Bourdain uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable book, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike. From Bourdain's first oyster in the Gironde, to his lowly position as dishwasher in a honky tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he witnesses for the first time the real delights of being a chef); from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, to drug dealers in the east village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable.
Kitchen Confidential will make your mouth water while your belly aches with laughter. You'll beg the chef for more, please.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Bourdain, Anthony
- ISBN: 9781582340821
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.40 x 1.20
- Number Of Pages: 320
- Publication Year: 2000
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English
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No Reservations About Recommending This Book
Lee E. - 2 years 11 months agoThis book had been on my "to read list" since it was originally released. Having already been a fan of "No Reservations", this was an entertaining romp into Bourdain's world before he was known beyond the East coast. Anyone curious about the tenacity, grit and obsession that comes with fine cooking should start with reading this.
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If you're too hot.....
Phillip D. - 3 years 5 months agoI watched Bourdain on the Travel channel and liked his matter of fact, don't sugar coat it (pun intended) way of viewing the world. If he likes something, he'll tell you, if not, he'll tell you louder. Based on that, I decided to read the book. His memoir is of his own experiences, but also of the restaurant industry in general. I'm sure a lot of what he tells happens in many places. The tales and characters he recounts are more likely to be in a police or drug lord memoir, rather than a kitchen. There seems to be no place more full of thieves, drug addicts and drunks. If you are a foodie and want to hear stories of how chefs create their masterpieces in surgically clean rooms, while teaching a respectful number of staff how to create delicate dishes, this isn't the book for you. If you want a slice of life that really goes on behind those swinging doors, give it a go.
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Great book on the man's early beginnings and love of the industry.
Eric F. - 6 years 1 month agoGreat book about Anthony's early life from childhood all the way to his time in New York. Does a good job about what goes on in the inside of the restaurant business. From the bus boys all the way to the owner. Love the fact that he is blunt and isn't shy about what is on his mind. If you like him as far a personality from his shows to books and t.v. stuff this book will do it for you.
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Anthony Bourdain was a MVP #SummerReading
Joseph G. - 6 years 4 months agoThis is one of my all-time favorites I read it at least once a year. RIP Anthony #SummerReading
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This is Bourdain's back story, before he became famous as a chef and tv personality. It's dark & funny, about working the line in a busy NYC kitchen.
Heather S. - 6 years 4 months agoThis book is funny as hell, smart, and goes off in delightful tangents. I found myself laughing aloud at times; I actually read it when I was recovering in the hospital to make myself feel better. It can also be a bit vulgar and disgusting...in a good way in my opinion. I especially recommend this if you have ever worked in a busy kitchen. I really got a sense of that true to life raunchy comradery.