Paperback, 312 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2012 by Ecco Press.
A 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—now with all-new, never-before-published material.
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."
Interesting and honest (maybe a little bit exaggerated) view of professional US kitchens of the 80s and early 2000s.
Read this when it came out and a third time now with my own copy. Bourdains visceral in the trenches writing style still engages, it’s also a quick read that doesn’t outstay its welcome.
I have no idea of the level of embellishment, or how his pirate crew fits 20 years later but he seems reasonably self aware through. A great enjoyable read.
Anthony Bourdain was such a rare and beautiful creature.
This book helps me want to cook.
Extrem lustig, unterhaltsam, lebendig, hungrig machend .....
Read this in less than one week, which is about right for me. This was highly entertaining. I think my husband would really enjoy it as he truly likes to cook, and would likely enjoy the stories that seem similar to '80s rock star lifestyle as well. He'll like the helpful hints on what to have in your kitchen.
Bourdain is a shameless name dropper, which cracks me up since I don't know any of the names he drops. This book had a very distinct audience, of which I am not a member, but I was entertained anyway. Stories of random, whacked out lives so different from my own cause me to shake my head and be glad I refrained from such edge behavior.
At times this book strained credibility with overly machismo yarn spinning... but, well, Anthony Bourdain. Definitely an awesome look into life on the culinary scene. Lots of laughs, well worth a read.
So I read this while in labor. That's pretty much an adequate summary of what I really remember about this book.
Okay, to be fair, I also found the view of the inside of the kitchen a lot less interesting than billed, probably because after Bourdain wrote Kitchen Confidential, there was much in the way of copy-catting, culminating in a plethora of TV shows providing the same inside scoop. On the other hand, the view of Bourdain trying to move from being a lay-about to actually making something of a life for himself was fascinating
