false 111128 5 Author Anthony Bourdain is a talented chef whose two previous thrillers (<I>Bone in the Throat</I>, <I>Gone Bamboo</I>) were seasoned with the kind of culinary details that delighted the Food Channel-loving fans of his successful nonfiction books. The foodies will slaver over a wonderfully wrought scene in his latest caper novel--it's set at a chic Manhattan restaurant where a gourmand gangster with a picky palate turns the chef's menu upside down and stiffs the poor waiter who has to accommodate him. But the rest of this otherwise slight and unseasoned novel doesn't live up to that wonderful appetizer. Its protagonist is Bobby Gold, an ex-con who works as a security guard at Eddie Fish's Nightclub and is involved with a sexy sous-chef named Nikki whose preparation of a special meal for her lover reads like Bourdain's version of foreplay. But when Nikki rips off the restaurant receipts and Bobby gets on the wrong side of a mob plan to kill Eddie's appetite for good while recouping the money, Bourdain's plotting goes sour and the ending fails to satisfy. Still, it's a nice side dish to go with a good cookbook, or even one of the author's zany true stories of what goes on behind the swinging doors of many real-life restaurants (<I>Kitchen Confidential</I>, <I>A Cook's Tour</I>). <I>--Jane Adams</I> 107040 book 2002 The Bobby Gold Stories: A Novel total:261|5:23|4:42|3:115|2:60|1:21| 261 769 382 46 3 0 false true Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:01:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 15:40:56 -0700 2009
I was given this book to read and was told that it was "...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 17:33:10 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 17:34:14 -0700 2008 Anthony Bourdain No Reservations on the Travel Channel. I am particularly attracted to Bourdain’s narration of the program. He is insightful, humorous, and eloquent.

Last night, I caught a rerun of Bourdain’s visit to London. During the program, he refers to one of hi...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 09:29:15 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:38:01 -0800 2008 Kitchen Confidential), so when I read fantastic reviews about this fiction crime novel, I was eager to check it out. Luckily, it's really short. The book features Bobby Gold, just released from 10 years in prison for a drug ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 13:56:01 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:05:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:56:35 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 00:12:34 -0700 2009
It was far too thin a volume, yet fitting for the life of Bobby Gold. I wanted more adventures with him at the end. But a lifetime can only hold so much, and I think that was one of the points Bourdain was try...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:26:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 07:11:33 -0700 2008 kitchen confidential, and it's so funny how you can almost predict what's going to happen in this book because of how well you get to know him in that quasi-autobiography. this novel was ok. a quick read, and pretty funny at times, i wasn't drawn in too...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 15:52:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 15:53:19 -0800 2008 Kitchen Confidential was. But I'm a sucker for Bourdain and the best elements of this book are when his writing is set in the kitchen. This is a man who nails it when he describes the rythmn and fluidity of the kitche...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 11 10:26:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 04:02:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 16:53:38 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 18:10:44 -0700 2008 The Bobby Gold Stories: A Novel is very crisp, expletive and violent-- the very reason I enjoy it so. Still for anyone familiar with the noir genre, and for anyone who knows how they go, this book and it's crash course ending will come as no surprise. So what's thi...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 19 07:37:56 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 07:40:30 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Sun Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 13 12:06:45 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 12:08:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 17:04:24 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 17:05:21 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:16:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:17:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:17:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:17:54 -0700 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 09 09:16:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 11:26:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 20:01:12 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:45:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 06:37:34 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 06:04:32 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 26 15:16:54 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 19:13:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 11:54:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 12:02:00 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 17:09:26 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:55:16 -0700 2008 Kitchen Confidential" but this book was not up-to-snuff. The characters were very one-dimensional and the plot was predictable. I could almost see Anthony Bourdain trying write a more interesting main character but never making it beyond the (implied) NY accent.more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111128