Kitchen confidential

307 pages

English language

Published 2007 by Bloomsbury.

ISBN:
978-0-7475-9011-8
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OCLC Number:
191751645

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4 stars (1 review)

After 25 years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From lowly dishwasher to executive chef, his tales are as unpredictable as they are funny and shocking.

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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

  • Cooks
  • Biography
  • Restaurants
  • Anecdotes

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York