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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly


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Ratings
Book
472
Narrator
96
Release Date
February 7, 2001
Duration
8 hours 20 minutes
Summary
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.
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Profile Avatar Stephanie Howland Oct 2016

I love this book, and Anthony Bourdain. His narration was great, and over all a great entertaining book that helped pass the time during a road trip. I highly recommend to any fellow foodie out there.

Profile Avatar David D. Jul 2018

This was a very realistic look at how many kitchens are behind the scenes, for all its glory and hardships. This was my first Anthony Bourdain book and I will have to read the others. He narrates the book perfectly, he gives you little tastes of what it feels like to be in a big time kitchen and really shows his love of food.

Profile Avatar VictorGP Feb 2025

This dude inspires the hell out of me !!! Not necessarily to cook .. but to live my life to the fullest and do more of what makes me happy and less of what it does not. Yes he ended his life … he had enough of the bull shit . I’m not gonna judge … May we all find what we looking for and reach the end of our lives … happy with what we’ve done

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jul 2024

if you ever thought you wanted to open up a restaurant, you definitely need to read this book or listen to this book is the reality of the real life and restaurant business

Profile Avatar Monica B. Apr 2023

Wonderful read.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2022

For starters RIP to an absolute legend in the food industry! Very much enjoyed this book and all the raw nature it had to offer, a person like Anthony Bourdain and all the culture he brings makes this book come alive. If you ever want to know what truly goes on behind the scenes at a restaurant then give this a listen! Absolutely fantastic book!

Profile Avatar Kevin L. May 2022

I laughed, I cried..Rest in Peace Anthony. You are missed.

Profile Avatar Vincent L. Oct 2021

Can never go wrong with Bourdain; funny, insightful, informative.

Profile Avatar Panos K. Dec 2020

a great book and as honest you would think from bourdain

Profile Avatar Robert R. Dec 2020

get insight to the world of chefs.

Profile Avatar Patty C. Sep 2020

loved hearing Anthony Bourdain "read" his book! so much better than reading it yourself

Profile Avatar Catherine C. Sep 2018

I appreciated his honesty, but he eliminated my agency as a person who is a vegetarian - and he sadly excluded me from eager inclusion in his magical story.

Profile Avatar Anonymous May 2012

Really enjoyed this frank and realistic look a the inside of the kitchen of some very good (and some not so good) New York restaurants. His writing is vivid and colorful, so that you feel like you're right there with him. However, note that if you object to bad language, you won't be happy with this book!

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Author: Anthony Bourdain
Read by: Anthony Bourdain
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