book report: Kitchen Confidential

[vernacular_life]

Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain

Tell-all about a chef and his journey through the resteraunt experience


Loved this. Bourdain doesn't clean himself up for his book, and it makes him pretty endearing to me. Not so much a foodie book as a look at what goes on behind the swinging doors and what it takes to run a resteraunt.  I've never had the desire to own/work in one, and certainly don't now....but sure do enjoy reading about behind the scenes. 

This book confirms my wonder when resteraunts survive....

other notes:
---I didn't know that this was made into a TV show until I did an amazon search. It was on Fox last year, and sounded like a stinker!
---I'm def going to add his new book to my reading list AND head to Les Halles (DC) on a Tuesday/Wed/Thursday :P

Comments

[janaya.livejournal.com]

Read that one and A Cooks Tour, loved them both. We also really love his show on the travel channel.

[lkell.livejournal.com]

one of my fave books ever. such a fun read. And the show was actually pretty funny. It was just a little too up-scale, I think for Fox audience.

[afterknowledge.livejournal.com]

Add me to the list of those who actually dug the show. It was funny, well-paced, and had a rather adorable cast. And it's going to be released on dvd soon.

[lavidamd.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recommendation. I enjoyed The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen, by Jacques Pepin. So, I guess I would like this book, too.

[tray85.livejournal.com]

I like his show (original travel show, not the one you mentioned). I had to laugh when he professed his hatred for vegetarians...but then gave kudos to some veggie restaurant in S or SE Asia.