A Foodie book review

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.

Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential is not newly published, it’s been out since 2000 and surprisingly is really an entertaining good read. It is Anthony Bourdain’s, the chef and novelist’s tales of the kitchen. A span of twenty-five years worth of passionately, unpredictable, shocking yet funny tales about bad behavior, drugs, and sex. It covers his courier from dishwasher to top chef.

The Daily Mail wrote this about the book: “Bawdy, bolsie and bursting with energy, celebrity chef Bourdain throws open the doors of every kitchen he’s ever worked in to leave the reader peering nervously in through clouds of steam.”

“Fantastic: as lip-smackingly seductive as a bowl of fat chips and pungent aioli” Daily Telegraph

This is not the type of book I usually consider reading, however the book is an eye-opener. Anthony Bourdain proves to have his own style not just with food but words as well.  I found it quite fun and entertaining. He shows respect for all other cultures if not for the kitchens and their leaders, but tries to enjoy their offered foods…

Since reading this book I’ve actually started to seek out the Anthony Bourdain cooking shows, which I never did before. I love them mainly because of the cultural aspects of the food industry that he highlights which are very interesting.

I’m glad my daughter coerced me to read this, because I would have missed out on a good book. I now own two more of Anthony Bourdain books which I’m really looking forward to reading 

……hope you have a chance to check out ‘Kitchen Confidential’ by Anthony Bourdain sometime.

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