Kitchen Confidential

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Paperback, 312 pages

English language

Published Jan. 17, 2012 by Ecco Press.

ISBN:
978-0-06-089922-6
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OCLC Number:
78786299

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4 stars (1 review)

A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine—now with all-new, never-before-published material.

New York Chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir/expose. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine."

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4 stars

I LOVE food. Like, I fucking love to eat. I cook for the purpose of giving myself a good meal to eat. This is probably why I can't be a chef, and holy fuck being a chef sounds fucking hard. I should have read this book before becoming a waitress, the restaurant industry is truly brutal, and Bourdain describes this in stark but beautiful detail; he could give Tolkien a run for his money. From watching "No Reservations" I thought, damn this man can speak, but boy can he write. I would literally eat up all his descriptions about what it's like being a line-cook, sous chef or head chef, and his fucking descriptions of food. My god. Of course there were some parts that my liberal-ass definitely cringed at, but I love this man. If you like to eat out, I think it's in your best interest to read …

Subjects

  • Bourdain, Anthony
  • Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography