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| Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony Bourdain
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  584 reviews
Sales Rank: 548
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060899220
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5092
EAN: 9780060899226
ASIN: 0060899220
Publication Date: January 9, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 kitchen confidential April 2, 2008
i think this book give the reader a great insight tothe inner workings of anthony bourdain. i found the book very interesting i could hardly put it down.
A wonderful read.... March 18, 2008
I loved this book. It's funny, raw, irreverent...It reads pretty much the way Bourdain sounds on NR. If I had ANY thoughts of working in a fast-paced restaurant, this book convinced me that life in that environment is not for me, but it makes for great reading.
 Great literature? No, but a really good read March 10, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As you might expect if you're a fan of "A Cook's Tour" and "No Reservations," Bourdain's writing style is brisk, flip, ironic, and (perhaps self-consciously) hip. "Kitchen Confidential" reads like an extended episode in which Bourdain takes you on a tour of his life. To his credit, he doesn't give a kitchen-god/rock-star revisionist version, doesn't glamorize the drugs and the squalor. Bourdain portrays his career as a coked-up stumble from one misjudgment to the next, and seems as surprised as anyone at his eventual success. "Kitchen Confidential" is no vanity piece. But reading the chapter "A Day in the Life" gives a glimpse of the enormity and Byzantine complexity of a chef's job, and makes you appreciate how much Bourdain had to master before most of us ever heard of him. Bourdain clearly loves food (and barely controlled chaos), and this chef can write. Is "Kitchen Confidential" a great work of autobiography, will Bourdain appear on a grad-school syllabus next to Benjamin Franklin, Anais Nin, and John Stuart Mill? Of course not. But if you already know you like Anthony Bourdain, you'll enjoy this book.
Hunter Thompson in the Kitchen March 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kitchen Confidential was recommended to me by my son, who has worked in kitchens and now manages a restaurant and bar. I work in a hotel that has a fine dining restaurant and a bar. I began laughing at the beginning and, with a few breaks when Mr. Bourdain's serious side showed, didn't stop till the end. The book is well written and, at the same time, totally nutsoid. I loved it. I highly recommend it. I have read one of Mr. Bourdain's novels and plan to seek out other things he's written. Bon Appetit!
Real insight into the back of the house March 4, 2008
As a fan of the show and someone that worked the "front of the house" during my youth, I was interested in reading this for various reasons.
I enjoy the "No Reservations" but I can't say I love Anthony Bourdain. I like him enough and he is an enjoyable enough host, but sometimes I have to think; How did this guy get his own show? Anyway, the book is good and paints a very realistic picture of what it's like working in the restaurant business. As I said, I worked the front, waiting tables, room service etc. and had my run in with many cooks. Anthony gets it right; Cooks are an odd bunch and this a fascinating read. Try "Dishwasher" by Dishwasher Pete for a similar look from the dishpit.
Enjoy!
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