anthony bourdain kitchen confidential review

I was the (one) guy.” Bourdain describes himself as a sentimental guy, and a loyal friend that had to find a why to deal with “the some things you must do” as a chef. He was determined to be the one, “I didn’t care what it took, how long I’d known them, what we’d been through together or how close we’d been. He talks about one night on a cab ride back from scoring some dope and how “only one in four has a chance at making it”. The chapter titled DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, gives great insight into Bourdain’s thoughts on life and death. Bourdain gives him the highest honors when he says that Bryan is, “the guy I know who embodies the culinary ideal” The revelation that not all kitchen are like his comes when he befriends Scott Bryan at Veritas. My love for chaos, conspiracy and the dark side of human nature colors the behavior of my charges, most of whom are already living near the fringes of acceptable conduct. I’m visibly charmed by their extra-curricular excesses and their anti social tendencies. I coddle my hooligans when I’m not bullying them. Explaining that, “It is no coincidence that all my kitchens over time come to resemble one another…debauched and overloaded with faux testosterone…dysfunctional. His issues with drug addiction and how common place heavy drug use was a part of his kitchens. The thing he was most proud of were the callouses and scares on his hands, the signs of a true chef.īourdain discusses his darker side. He loved cooking and everything that came along with working in a restaurant kitchen, no matter how hard the work was. An upper class, well educated guy who loved food. As each page passed I wanted more and more to be there honing my culinary skills.Īside from the culinary adventure, it is a story of Bourdain’s life.

Bourdin’s writing is superb, making the reader feel like they’re in the kitchen with him. Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, the second part of the tile is exactly what the book takes you on, an Adventure. By Anthony Bourdain is a powerful and insightful book.

Anthony bourdain kitchen confidential review