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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:
 Talking Trash May 30, 2000
As a former restaurant employee (mostly front of the house) I would have to say that most restaurant workers love nothing more than talking trash, gossiping, drinking, drugs, sex and FOOD. It is all really about the food. Mr. Boudain is right on the money about most facets of the industry and puts his revelations in such a hilarious way I stayed up way to late annoying my wife laughing our loud. (And she was asleep in another room.) My only quibbles could be the timeline is somewhat confusing and his epiphany about simple three ingrediant food seems to happen more than once. However, to allow that to detract from the overall enjowment of this work would be tantamount to allowing the busboys brown shoes ruin my veal cheek and morel mushroom risotto. Of course I'm planning on dining on a Tuesdsay and I'm hoping that an Equadorian is stirring my risotto.
A great read May 29, 2000
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been having fantasies of owning a restaurant, and Bourdain's book convinced me that this is probably a bad idea. The book is funny and wise; a great read.Hey, who's Bigfoot?
Great, entertaining book with some useful tips May 27, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm about halfway through this book right now and I can scarcely put it down. I've been laughing hard and reading excerpts out loud to my boyfriend. As someone who has worked in several restaurants (albeit not four-star) I recognize the probable truth of a lot of the claims in this book. Aside from being a highly entertaining book, there is some truly useful information on such topics as choosing cutlery and food presentation. This book is a must for any foodie.
Very, Very True May 26, 2000
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a hilarious book that is all too true. I was, until recently, a career switcher who spent several years working the line at some of New York's top two and three-star restuarants (which I will not name). Bourdain got it down exactly right. High level cooking is a roughneck trade and not at all what serious home cooks might expect. Those readers who doubt the truth of this book -- or the dangers of ordering fish at a two star restaurant -- and think it just an exception from the glamorized and sanitized world of the Food Network are blinding themselves to the truth. And the truth is, through all of it, that those who stay are insane in a great way, fanatics who work relentlessly at their craft because there is simply no other way.
OUTSTANDING May 25, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a chef who has sweated her way up through the ranks of this male-dominated profession for the last 20+ years and never set foot in a culinary school, I found this book to be right on the money. It's hilarious and full of truth. The "reviewer from Texas" has obviously never worked in a restaurant! (I'll save him my tenderloin ends.) I highly recommend it to all my friends in the culinary industry.
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