Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed : Adventures in the Culinary Unde

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HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN
9780060899226
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060899220
ISBN-13
9780060899226
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50352499

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Reference, Culinary, General, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2007
Features
Revised
Genre
Cooking, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Anthony Bourdain
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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LCCN
2007-280057
Dewey Edition
22
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The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages., A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique., "Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois." -- New York magazine "You'll laugh, you'll cry...you're gonna love it." -- Denver Post "The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages." -- USA Today Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory. -- USA Today "A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique." -- Newsweek "Bourdain's prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois." -- New York magazine "Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors." -- New York Times Book Review, ...the kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages., Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory., Bourdain's prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.
Dewey Decimal
641.5/092
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
An updated and revised edition of Anthony Bourdain's mega-bestselling Kitchen Confidential, with new material from the original edition Almost two decades ago, the New Yorker published a now infamous article, "Don't Eat before You Read This," by then little-known chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain spared no one's appetite as he revealed what happens behind the kitchen door. The article was a sensation, and the book it spawned, the now classic Kitchen Confidential , became an even bigger sensation, a megabestseller with over one million copies in print. Frankly confessional, addictively acerbic, and utterly unsparing, Bourdain pulls no punches in this memoir of his years in the restaurant business. Fans will love to return to this deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine--this time with never-before-published material., The updated edition of the wickedly funny and insightful bestseller filled with "25 years of sex, drugs, bad behavior, and haute cuisine," now includes three new chapters about the author's adventures since the book was originally published., An updated and revised edition of Anthony Bourdain's mega-bestselling Kitchen Confidential, with new material from the original edition Almost two decades ago, the New Yorker published a now infamous article, "Don't Eat before You Read This," by then little-known chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain spared no one's appetite as he revealed what happens behind the kitchen door. The article was a sensation, and the book it spawned, the now classic Kitchen Confidential, became an even bigger sensation, a megabestseller with over one million copies in print. Frankly confessional, addictively acerbic, and utterly unsparing, Bourdain pulls no punches in this memoir of his years in the restaurant business. Fans will love to return to this deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine--this time with never-before-published material.
LC Classification Number
TX649.B58A3 2007

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  • by autisticmystic
    27 Jun, 2018Most favourable review

    As relevant now as it was 18 years ago- funny a hell.

    IT is tragic that we have lost the eclectic personality known as " Tony " to his friends. His acerbic wit will be missed. Having worked in kitchens in the same era as Tony made this book a MUST READ- I enjoyed it immensely and laughed throughout the entire book. I could not put it down. Pretty amazing since the book is 18 years old. It is relevant today and will be for years to come. Great read- and RIP Tony. (:

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: FcsXik4TS8a@Deleted

  • by machometer
    28 Apr, 2022

    A wonderful book to read since we all have an intimate relationship with food.

    Bourdain starts out by introducing you to food, how he got to know it and why it’s something more than “a substance one stuffs in one’s face when hungry — like filling up at a gas station.” He goes through his early relationship with food and why he made the jump from a kid who was surprised by a cold soup like Vichyssoise to a food-obsessed student at the Culinary Institute of America. The text skips over entire years in Bourdain’s life with ease, but you don’t notice. He focuses on the food, the good food as he puts it — everything else falls into place around it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by parnassusonthenet
    14 Sep, 2021

    Read it even if you don't cook. Most of us eat, after all!

    Put off reading this for years and finally got around to it. Wonderful book!! Am very pleased! 2

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by rydai-90
    12 May, 2021

    This Book Is Fantastic!!!

    Great Book!!! R.I.P. Anthony Bourdain...Culinary King...

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by ricoman1
    26 Jun, 2018

    Great story,but no photos or glossary was a disapointment.

    Great story,fast and interesting read....would of given 5 stars except think it could of been better if they included a middle section with some photos....and since there are a lot of words a non-chief wouldnt have a clue as to what they are,would of been nice to have a glossary in the back.

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