Kitchen Confidential

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Anthony Bourdain: Kitchen Confidential (2010, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

English language

Published 2010 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

ISBN:
978-1-4088-2085-8
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4 stars (1 review)

A celebrity chef shares anecdotes of his experience in the restaurant industry, and of his journey from dishwasher to a position of fame in the food industry.

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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

  • New york (n.y.), biography
  • Gastronomy
  • Cooks, biography