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This bad-boy memoir is everything you expect it to be and then some. I usually listen to audiobooks while I cook, and the subject matter here, obviously, was perfect. Liked this more than Medium Raw, which I'd listened to a few years earlier, out of sequence. Bourdain is highly entertaining as a narrator, one of the few authors I can stand to hear reading his own work. (In fact, I can't imagine anyone else doing it.)
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I first saw Anthony Bourdain in the Travel Channel's No Reservations. The episode where he was in Lebanon, and he got there the day before Israel bombed it. I really enjoyed his wit, and his 'I don't care what you think of me' attitude. I have been watching him ever since. And wanting to read this book ever since. I absolutely loved it. Very candid, very Anthony Bourdain. His wit comes out in his writing too. I was laughing out loud throughout the book. Could barely put it down, and since it was
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Anthony Bourdain shares how he started loving food and the kitchen, and in general how the work is like in the kitchen, behind the scenes.
I enjoyed the honesty behind the book.
I enjoyed the honesty behind the book.
Jason and I are reading this to each other before bed right now. Loving it!
..and we finished almost a year later. Absolutely loved it. Want more, just as we yearn for more No Reservations. Love Tony's over-indulgent, in-your-face style. So many funny scenes and one-liners, fantastic and fun read. ...more
..and we finished almost a year later. Absolutely loved it. Want more, just as we yearn for more No Reservations. Love Tony's over-indulgent, in-your-face style. So many funny scenes and one-liners, fantastic and fun read. ...more
Such a fun book. The stories in this book are hilarious, and combined with Bourdain's wit and style, you end up with a book that you just have to tear your way through. Absolute must for anyone who likes food and isn't afraid of swear words.
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