Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

I'll be right here. Until they drag me off the line. I'm not going anywhere. Oh, Anthony Bourdain. The world lost a great chef and unmatched culinary ambassador the day you died. Kitchen Confidential is the memoir that originally put Anthony Bourdain on the map. I never got around to reading it wh......more

Excellent, vivid read about life in restaurant kitchens. Very atmospheric and I feel like I learned a lot about a very specific culture.......more

My first exposure to Anthony Bourdain, via his show No Reservations, left me with with the sense of a true asshole who sneered down his nose with aging punk-rock disdain at people and things he deemed beneath him, and, honestly, it seemed like most people and things were beneath him. For some reason......more

I love food and I love hot sexy chefs with potty mouths. I remember first discovering Anthony Bourdain on the Food Network many years ago. It was 3am and I was unable to sleep and here was this brooding, hot piece of ass chain smoking and touring Russia. I never remembered his name but he haunted my......more

Maybe 3.5 stars, sometimes 4. It has lots of interesting anecdotes, but it was somewhat repetitive at parts. While interesting for the non-culinary inclined, I think it would be better received by someone with a kitchen background or a person who has worked in food and beverage. Some parts of this bo......more