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Drugs, sex, and haute cuisine: Bourdain’s no-holds-barred kitchen exposé.

Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    28 May 2024

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Summary

A deluxe, annotated edition of Kitchen Confidential to celebrate the life of Anthony Bourdain, featuring new photo inserts

Over two decades ago, the New Yorker published a now infamous article, “Don’t Eat Before Reading 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 iconic Kitchen Confidential

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780063376502
ISBN-10:0063376504
Author:Anthony Bourdain
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:Collins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:28 May 2024
Weight:458g
Dimensions:33mm x 150mm x 224mm
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Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition by Anthony Bourdain - ISBN: 9780063376502
150 × 224 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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

“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

“Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.” - New York magazine

”[Bourdain’s] avalanche of colorful stories results in a goodly number of maxims to eat by; namely, never piss off the chef, lest he do the same on your mussels.” - Esquire

“Hysterical… in a style partaking of Hunter S. Thompson, Iggy Pop, and a little Jonathan Swift, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.” - New York Times Book Review

“Hysterical…. Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.” - New York Times Book Review

About The Author

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain was the author of the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, World Travel, and Appetites and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.

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