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Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)

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.

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312 pages

Average rating: 7.89

200 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

boyleschris
Mar 16, 2025
Lesa's recommendation.
Anonymous
Jan 14, 2025
6/10 stars
While there are some interesting chapters the book dragged for me at points.
CStrauss
Jan 05, 2025
8/10 stars
Great book. Entertaining, funny, some great storytelling and kitchen tips. I listened to this instead of reading as Anthony Bourdain narrates it and im so glad I chose to do that. Would recommend. Especially if youre a fan of him.
Barbara ~
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
You can hear the crusty, cynical, arrogant, honest voice of the late and great chef. It's a rock star moonlighting chef who tells it to you like it is. I come from a line of family who owned restaurants and can say, "yeah, he's right."
Anonymous
Oct 15, 2024
10/10 stars
Listening to this audiobook with Anthony as the narrator was a pleasure. A dark dude, he writes beautifully. Loved every minute.

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