Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
 

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

Most diners believe that their sublime sliver of seared foie gras, topped with an ethereal buckwheat blini and a drizzle of piquant huckleberry sauce, was created by a culinary artist of the highest order, a sensitive, highly refined executive chef. The truth is more brutal. More likely, writes Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential, that elegant three-star concoction is the collaborative... (read more)

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  • Kahlila

    kahlila said:

    Although I enjoyed this book, I don't understand the "Confidential" or "Culinary Underbelly" I really didn't read anything that was so shocking. This was a straightforward book about what it is like working in a kitchen. Kahlila

    posted Tuesday, May 27 2008
  • Rene v

    rene v said:

    I enjoyed the book. Please forgive me, I think that is why I enjoyed Rattatoulle the animation so much. Chefs are a rare species

    posted Thursday, April 24 2008
  • Emily J

    emily j said:

    great book,.. would be nicer if he didn't smack talk vegetarians so much

    posted Thursday, February 14 2008
  • Carl H

    carl h said:

    Which Bourdain book would you recommend, if I only read one?

    posted Wednesday, January 9 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Heidy S

    heidy s said:

    I agree this is not for everyone, but I did enjoy the colorful writing style, the peek into the recesses of the restaurant business, and the flash of sensitivity behind the testosterone. I won't forget this one!

    posted Saturday, January 5 2008
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