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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

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ISBN13: 9780060934910
ISBN10: 0060934913
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Publisher Comments:

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.

From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village, from the mobsters to the rats, Bourdain's brilliantly written, wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter.

Review:

"...the kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages." USA Today

Review:

"A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors....Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique." Newsweek

Review:

"...the best book I have ever read about the nuts and bolts mechanics of running serious restaurant kitchens...brilliant on the tumult of running a kitchen that might turn out anywhere from two hundred to four hundred serious meals a night." Joseph Epstein, The Weekly Standard

Review:

"With equal parts wit and wickedness, Bourdain [does] the unthinkable by revealing trade secrets that chefs and restaurateurs cringe to read." Restaurant Business

Review:

"You'll laugh, you'll cry...you're gonna love it." Denver Post

Review:

"Unique...mesmerizing." Newsweek

Synopsis:

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."

Synopsis:

Now in paperback, New York chef Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expose. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable. Includes a new Preface by the author.

Synopsis:

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker,he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential,he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.

From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village, from the mobsters to the rats, Bourdain's brilliantly written, wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter.

About the Author

Anthony Bourdain is the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. He is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060934910
Subtitle:
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Author:
Bourdain, Anthony
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Cookery
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Cooking
Subject:
Restaurants
Subject:
Cooks
Subject:
Beverages - Wine & Spirits
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
General Biography
Edition Number:
1st Ecco ed.
Edition Description:
Ecco
Series Volume:
199
Publication Date:
20010501
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.04x5.34x.86 in. .61 lbs.

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