 First edition | |
| Author | Anthony Bourdain |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | August 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 0-7475-5072-7 |
| Followed by | A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal |
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly is a New York Times bestselling nonfiction book written by American chef Anthony Bourdain, first published in 2000. In 2018, following Bourdain's death, it topped the New York Times non-fiction paperback and non-fiction combined e-book and print lists.[1]
In 1999, Bourdain's essay "Don't Eat Before Reading This" was published in The New Yorker.[2] The essay, an unsolicited submission to the magazine, launched Bourdain's media career and served as the foundation for Kitchen Confidential.[3] Released in 2000 to wide acclaim, the book is both a professional memoir and an unfiltered look at the less glamorous aspects of high-end restaurant kitchens, which he describes as unremittingly intense, unpleasant, hazardous, and staffed by misfits. Bourdain believes that the kitchen is no place for dilettantes or slackers and that only those with a masochistic dedication to cooking will remain undeterred.[4]
- ^ Jordan, Tina (June 22, 2018). "'Kitchen Confidential,' First Published in 2000, Tops the List Again". New York Times. New York. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Don't Eat Before Reading This". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ Amatulli, Jenna (2018-06-08). "This Is The Story That Launched Anthony Bourdain's Media Career". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ Bourdain, Anthony (2000). Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781596917248. OCLC 669990270.