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A clever and honest look at life in the culinary world. If you have ever entertained the idea of becoming a chef, then I highly recommend reading this first. I enjoy cooking myself, but havee long suspected that doing it for a living would suck much of the joy out of it for me. This book and it's no-holes-barred appraisal of this occupation, which at times comes across as more of an elitist cult, only serves to reinforce my initial ideas.
This, on the whole is a fantastic book, but should be rese ...more
This, on the whole is a fantastic book, but should be rese ...more
Jan 17, 2010
Francine
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it was amazing
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I love books about what it's like, really like, behind the scenes in restaurants and this gives me a heaping helping of just that subject. I like Anthony Bourdain although I think knowing him in person would be depressing. I did enjoy this book and for all of us chef-wannabes, well this will make us all change our minds!
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Love Anthony Bourdain. He writes really well and is brutally honest. And pretty hilarious.
Tis dope.
You have to admire the writing. Anthony Bourdain writes the way he speaks: uncensored and uninhibited by what the public thinks. He wrote this book for his line cooks and chef friends, not for the mainstream audience. It's a brutally honest memoir of working in the service industry. You feel like you were right there in the kitchen with AB.
I can relate to a lot of what AB describes in the cooking industry. athough I'm in the medical profession, I can see the parallels of working as a line cook c ...more
I can relate to a lot of what AB describes in the cooking industry. athough I'm in the medical profession, I can see the parallels of working as a line cook c ...more
Jun 07, 2011
Mia
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really liked it
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food-writing,
non-fiction
Oct 06, 2011
Zimbellina
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really liked it
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non-fiction,
memoir
Jan 15, 2012
Dana Crouch (Callaway)
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