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Kitchen Confidential: The Man Behind the Major Motion Picture Tony

✍️ Bourdain, Anthony
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🏛 Bloomsbury USA 📅 2000 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781582340821

📝 Description: Kitchen Confidential: The Man Behind the Major Motion Picture Tony

New York chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expos. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable. "Kitchen Confidential" reveals what Bourdain calls "25 years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine".

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This title is not for those seeking gentle encouragement or straightforward recipes. It is a candid, often provocative memoir aimed at adults comfortable with explicit language and themes of excess. Readers expecting a traditional cookbook or a sanitized culinary history will be disappointed by its focus on 'bad behavior' rather than technique. However, fans of gritty, honest storytelling will find it compelling. It is best suited for those who enjoy the drama of the professional kitchen as much as the food itself.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This title is not for those seeking gentle encouragement or straightforward recipes. It is a candid, often provocative memoir aimed at adults comfortable with explicit language and themes of excess. Readers expecting a traditional cookbook or a sanitized culinary history will be disappointed by its focus on 'bad behavior' rather than technique. However, fans of gritty, honest storytelling will find it compelling. It is best suited for those who enjoy the drama of the professional kitchen as much as the food itself.

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