Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - Anthony Bourdain

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, History
Language: English
Keywords: Culinary Arts Drug Addiction Strong Language

Written by Anthony Bourdain
Read by Anthony Bourdain
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Books on Tape
Release date: November 8, 2007
Duration: 08:25:54

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote “Don’t Eat Before You Read This” in The New Yorker, he spared no one’s appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door.

In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.
From his first oyster in Gironda to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village, from the mobsters to the rats, Bourdain’s brilliantly written and wonderfully read, wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter.

“At warp speed, reflecting his high-energy personality, Bourdain covers chef’s training, personalities, food prep, cooks’ lifestyles (boozy and erratic), his own history (druggy), and the art of running a successful restaurant. He doesn’t stint on the gritty details or the four-letter words, so be prepared. His French pronunciation is surprisingly poor for someone who has lived in France, but his Spanish (highly recommended for communicating with the kitchen help) sounds ok. Presently the executive chef at Brassierie Les Halles in New York City, Bourdain delivers his description of one busy dinner hour at the frenetic pace required for survival there. Give this one a taste; you’ll be amused, educated, maybe a little horrified, but never bored.”— AudioFile

Note— Died June 8, 2018 (aged 61) Cause of death Suicide