Kitchen confidential
Ratings6
Average rating4.3
I really enjoy Anthony Bourdain's writing style. As for the book itself, I definitely think this is a case of “ignorance is bliss.” I think I could have went my whole life without knowing some of the things he mentioned in this book. All in all, though, awesome read.
Bourdain's personality flies off the page, but for all the stories and secrets I enjoyed, there are just as many that I'll soon forget for being so similar to each other and even to the ones I liked.
This was a tough one to read. Not because of the way it was written or the contents of the book. There was a constant sense of foreboding with every new chapter that I got through. A book like this is an insight into someone's soul.
The fact that a life like this eventually led to what now everyone knows about Anthony Bourdain was heartbreaking. There is one specific chapter in the book that is too eerie in its foreshadowing of the things that happened later. But in the spirit that it is written it doesn't feel that way at all.
While he often says that this book would appeal more to chefs and others from that world, it's an equally fascinating read for regular folks as well. He never shies away from laying the dark secrets of the industry bare and does it in the most entertaining way possible.