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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
Anthony Bourdain is the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, in addition to the megabestseller Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour. His work has appeared in the New York Times and the New Yorker, and he is a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine. He is the host of the popular television show No Reservations.
"...the kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages."
-USA Today
“Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and 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
Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.
-New York magazine
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry...you’re gonna love it.”
-Denver Post
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