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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

55 reviews

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

megnut's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

I think I've found some of my favorite lines in this book... and definitely had a hard time not profusely swearing after listening to it for a while. 

RIP, Chef. This was a delight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

azlanm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

anna_luvs_cheez's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Great book, audio book is great, can get a little graphic at times with kitchen injuries

mari_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.75

RIP! So amazing to hear Anthony’s story in his own words and some of his naive unjaded comments, especially knowing how he struggled. Missing points bc of some just really gross, excessive behavior and creepy language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual violence

_gelatinouscute's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lavender_evie's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Gossipy insider kitchen stories. Classic and for good reason. The intro from Ripert made me so sad it was written after anthony had died. All the intros and prefaces were the most interesting. More Authors should write notes on the later editions of their books

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

samchase112's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I’ll be right here. Until they drag me off the line, I’m not going anywhere. I hope.

Hell yeah, this book was freaking fantastic. Narrated by Anthony Bourdain himself, it's an utterly engrossing (and gross) recount of his restaurant and kitchen experiences, complete with more blood, sex, drugs, and alcohol than you could ever imagine. A truly fascinating glimpse into a world I've never been interested in — food is… let's say, not my thing — and isn't that truly Bourdain's gift? One reviewer said reading this memoir was like meeting a ghost, and I wholeheartedly agree. I'll be recommending this (now decades old) book to anyone who will listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Blood, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

chewiesayrelax's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Alcoholism

emotionalsupportsandwiches's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse