Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“Really enjoying this book. There’s something so soothing to me about descriptions of kitchen operations and food. Makes me nostalgic for my younger days working at restaurants/cafes. Obviously Tony is the best as well.”

“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 to remember what it feels like to write a sentence that matters.”

“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.”

“I miss Anthony Bourdain and his wonderful way with words sooo much. Highly recommend listening to the audiobook, which he narrates.”

“i love and miss this man”

“For the Anthony Bourdain lovers. This was my first book of his I read several years ago and I have continued to read his writing.”

“Currently obsessing over Tony and I am tearing through this book. It’s so good, and I’m not even in the restaurant industry.”

“It's on Spotify, or borrow on Libby from your local library! He reads it himself, it gives me a ton of feels every time to hear his voice from beyond. I even wrote about this - linked.”

“"She's Winston fucking Churchill. She's Jacqueline Bourdain. The waiter comes over eventually, and I see on his on his face, he's impressed. He is smiling..." - Jacqueline Novak”

“RIP Tony”

“He reads the audio book 🫦”

“It's hard to read this without feeling grief, but I still recommend it all the time. Also, after reading this, I never order fish on Mondays anymore.”

“the perfect non-fiction book you MUST listen to the audiobook”

“He liked this one a lot. I think he likes Anthony’s voice.”

“I always suggest this book when I see people asking for audiobook suggestions. It's perfect.”

“I know I'm tardy to the party. Wanted to read this before the movie comes out. Coming from hospitality myself, I loved the behind-the-scenes details (albeit triggering) in Bourdain's signature voice.”

“I love the way he speaks it’s so refreshing”