Kitchen Confidential

$10

Recommended by cole

one of my two vacation books. should be required reading for anyone even thinking of going into the restaurant industry. times have surely changed, but man it's hard out there.

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Mari

@marimariApr 21, 2026

What’s your other favorite?

cole

@colebApr 21, 2026

oops, not favorite! just what i read on my last vacation. the other was anthony bourdain's biography. if we're talking favorite, i'd suggest a visit from the goon squad! it was a real page turner for me. or one of lisa tadeo's books.

Mari

@marimariApr 21, 2026

I love this book and all your recs so was just wondering what your other travel read was :) Yes, visit from the Good Squad was greaaaat.

cole

@colebApr 21, 2026

<3 <3 <3

Louise Buckley

@louiseApr 23, 2026

😍 Lisa Tadeo 😍

kat h

@accutaneMay 10, 2026

Highly recommend listening to the audiobook as well; Bourdain narrates. It is such a treat.

Ali

@alsureishandsomeAug 21, 2026

Sorry if this is cliche, but definitely go see Tony if it’s playing near you. It’s an adaptation of a tiny part of the book and was a beautiful tribute to a revolutionary person.

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Librairie

“I explain it to people this way: having worked in a few kitchens, I cannot adequately describe to you the sounds, the rhythm, the vibrations. You have to actually hear it in order to understand it. Anthony Bourdain was not meant to live on a flat page. That’s why we love watching him on our screens. I listen to his bloody descriptions and embarrassing failures and dipshit choices whenever I need t”

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