Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

By Anthony Bourdain

An updated and revised edition of Anthony Bourdain's mega-bestselling Kitchen Confidential 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 mega-bestseller 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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Published Jan 9, 2007

312 pages

Average rating: 7.89

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Readers say Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" offers a raw, entertaining, and eye-opening glimpse into the chaotic world of restaurant kitchen...

Sue
8/10 stars
Reading books about food, cooking, chefs is always interesting and this book is no exception. I knew nothing about Anthony Bourdain's history and I'm amazed that he has lived through everything he describes and come out alive. It does explain a lot about the voracious appetites on display in his TV shows, though. I have always liked him and even after reading this, I still do, but with a better appreciation.
boyleschris
Lesa's recommendation.
K Olson
6/10 stars
While there are some interesting chapters the book dragged for me at points.
Trippy
10/10 stars
I listened to the audiobook and you can feel Tony come alive!
Elizabetha
Yuck, but valuable info..