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 … 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.
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I enjoyed this book. Bourdain gives an honest, brutal look at himself and the restaurant industry. It is his personal experiences of being a chef and why he chose that profession.
Eye opener.
not my type of book.
Great read! Lots of characters in this book, makes me wonder if the restaurants I frequent are quite what they seem from the outside.
Anthony Bourdain is a character. He writes here about the never stopping high-end restaurant world with a sense of humor and charm.
Don’t have the seafood frittata at Sunday Brunch. Read this to find out why.
Great look into kitchens. I learned many things I didn’t know. Careful about what I
I order now!
This was not a favorite of mine. I find his attitude to be too snarky. He has had an interesting life but seems to revel in being a really bad guy with bad habits that I hope he has overcome. I just don’t enjoy him anymore and really didn’t enjoy this book. it is too reflective of his negative attitude.
A bit shocking if you’ve never worked behind the line in a real restaurant . . . Or stage club! Very good read but I don’t exactly like Anthony Bourdain anymore.
there is no one to compare to bourdain when it comes to honesty and food and this really was how the kitchens use to be and some still are.
If you have a chance, also listen to the audiobook which the author narrates. It feels like he’s having a great conversation with you.
Learned a great deal about the restaurant trade. It is a wounder that the author is still alive and kicking.
after reading his book i admire anthony even more. how he treats his staff is the way companies should treat their employees.