About the Book

Anthony Bourdain’s wickedly funny-yet inspiring-memoir/exposé, Kitchen Confidential, provides a gritty and behind-the-scenes look into life behind the kitchen doors. Bourdain’s skillful storytelling captivates and shocks readers, stealing their appetite while leaving them begging for more. His passion for his trade shines through as he takes readers on the wild journey that is his culinary career as he goes from dishwasher to executive chef; from the East Village, to Tokyo, Paris, and back to New York again.

“Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.”-New York magazine

Critical Praise

“Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois.” — New York magazine

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry...you’re gonna love it.” — Denver Post

“The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages.” — USA Today

Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory. — USA Today

“A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique.” — Newsweek

“Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.” — New York magazine

“Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.” — New York Times Book Review

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780060899226
• ISBN 10: 0060899220
• Imprint: Ecco
• On Sale: 01/09/2007
• Trimsize: 5.310 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 0.790 in (d)
• Pages: 352
• List Price: $18.99
• BISAC1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
• BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
• BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
• BISAC4 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary
• BISAC5 : COOKING / Essays & Narratives