Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi
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"Acclaimed chef, writer and television personality, Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose (Kill The Poor) return for the follow-up to their #1 New York Times bestseller GET JIRO from Vertigo. In GET JIRO: BLOOD AND SUSHI, Bourdain and Rose examine the origins of the mysterious Jiro and what made him into the chef he has become. Born the heir to a Yakuza crime family, Jiro never longed to travel the criminal path laid out before him, but instead chose to secretly study the rich culinary history of his homeland, something that would have significant repercussions if discovered by his gangster father. As Jiro's interest in the culinary arts deepens, his ability to keep his artistic and criminal worlds separate becomes too great, triggering a great personal loss that will forever change Jiro's path"--
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The fun of Bourdain's debut Get Jiro! is completely erased with this prequel follow-up. The imaginative LA world where chefs rule like crime bosses and corporate fast food and ethnic mom and pop shops line the outer ring disappears in a tokenized dream of Japan with yakuza bosses and filial competition. Bourdain barely manages to wring enough of a plot to explain Jiro's tattoos and proficiency with a blade while completely sidestepping why the golden son of a massive empire would apparently forego all sleep to cook rice over and over again in the hopes of one day making sushi. There's not even that much in the way of food here. Just a hastily whipped together confection that seems completely devoid of calories.
