About the Author

Anthony Bourdain was the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, the memoir A Cook's Tour, and the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, and Appetites. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.

Reviews

"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 TodayBourdain 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

"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 TodayBourdain 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