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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

Bloomsbury Uk | May 9, 2001 | Trade Paperback

The bad boy of the restaurant world takes us behind the scenes of the industry and exposes all kind of secret behaviour that will certainly shock and may even appal you.'I've been a chef in New York for more than ten years, and, for the decade before that, a dishwasher, a prep drone, a line cook, and a sous-chef. I came into the business when cooks still smoked on the line and wore headbands...' After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he first experiences the real delights of being a chef); from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the 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, as shocking as they are funny. This unforgettable book will change the way you view restaurants for ever.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Hah!

    Colleen Brunelle

    3 years ago

    I haven't ordered eggs benedict from a restaurant since putting this book down! What goes on in those back kitchens of the fabulously frenetic chefs is a marvel to read... and it's made me think twice about ordering fish any day of the week than a Friday!
    Young Bourdain is fresh and hilarious ~ raunchy and honest.
    A good read.

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    Shannon Murray

    Rating: 3/5

    A cook's best friend

    Shannon Murray

    3 years ago

    Being a cook in a kitchen, many of my friends I work with have told me about this book. There was a tv show based on it but only aired for one season. It's a long and detailed journey through Anthony Bourdain's many years in kitchens. While very popular among fellow cooks, I don't know if this book would be such a hit among people who are not familiar with the restaurant business. However, those who are looking to join, should definately read this book to prepare themselves for what they will be getting into.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Good food is made with love. Great food... arrogan

    Peter

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    6 years ago

    Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' is more about the man than 'the life', but it is still a great read. This re-invigoration of the foodie tell all made me laugh out loud so many times I lost count. He is so arrogant you can almost taste it. Well worth a read or re-read, this is just a fun title.

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    David Decpre

    Rating: 4/5

    Bon Appetite!

    David Decpre

    12 years ago

    An interesting glimpse into the culinary underworld. You may think twice now about going into a resaurant for a meal...
    VERY funny and actually chock full of tips for those interested in professional cooking AT HOME. This is not a chef you're likely to see have a show on the Food Network, but he is a very engaging author. Recommended.

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The bad boy of the restaurant world takes us behind the scenes of the industry and exposes all kind of secret behaviour that will certainly shock and may even appal you.'I've been a chef in New York for more than ten years, and, for the decade before that, a dishwasher, a prep drone, a line cook, and a sous-chef. I came into the business when cooks still smoked on the line and wore headbands...' After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he first experiences the real delights of being a chef); from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the 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, as shocking as they are funny. This unforgettable book will change the way you view restaurants for ever.

About the Author

Anthony Bourdain is the executive chef at brasserie Les Halles in New York. After two years at Vassar College, he attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. He has since spent more than two decades working in professional kitchens. His memoir "Kitchen Confidential" (2001) was expanded from an article he'd written for "The New Yorker" magazine about life behind the scenes in restaurant kitchens. The book described life in those kitchens in even more lurid detail, and it became a surprise international bestseller. In late 2000, Bourdain set out to travel his way across the globe, looking for, as he puts it, "kicks, thrills, epiphanies" and the "perfect meal." The book, and its companion Food Network series "A Cook's Tour," chronicle his adventures and misadventures on that voyage. Bourdain is also the author of two satirical thrillers, "Bone In The Throat" and "Gone Bamboo", as well as the "Urban Historical, Typhoid Mary."

Trade Paperback

1 Pages, 5.1 x 7.85 x 0.8 in

May 9, 2001

Bloomsbury Uk

English


0747553556
9780747553557

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