Kitchen Confidential - Couverture rigide

Bourdain, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747550727 ISBN 13 : 9780747550723

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2000

Synopsis

Kitchen Confidential New York chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expos. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable. "Kitchen Confidential" reveals what Bourdain calls "25 years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine". Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"A New York restaurant veteran takes a cup of Down and Out, adds a dash of Fear and Loathing, and whips up a gonzo memoir of what's really going on behind those swinging doors."
—Newsweek

The mega-bestselling classic, Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential is available in a new pocket-sized Insider's Edition. Bourdain's deliciously funny, delectably shocking, wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade are now hand-annotated throughout by the author himself, with Bourdain's updated insights and commentary—and a new Afterword about the radically changing food and restaurant industry a decade after the book's original publication. The drugs, sex, and haute cuisine are still here, but given a fresh new perspective from the bona fide super-celebrity chef, star of TV's No Reservations, and bestselling author of Medium Raw, Bone in the Throat, Gone Bamboo, and A Cook's Tour. No matter if it's your first time in Tony's Kitchen or if you've experienced the heat before, this sensational Insider's Edition is a treat worth savoring!

Revue de presse :

“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)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0747550727
• ISBN 13: 9780747550723
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320