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- A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Durée: 8 h et 59 min
- Catégories: Maison et jardin, Nourriture et vin
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Durée: 8 h et 19 min
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Last summer, The New Yorker published chef Anthony Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Now, the author uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable audiobook, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike.
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A must hear / Must read.
- Écrit par Justin le 2020-09-01
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A Chef's Christmas
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Durée: 1 h
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Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential, once again brings to light the inner workings of the "culinary underbelly" in his bold reinvention of the traditional Christmas story. At once risqué and charming, A Chef's Christmas is sure to bring holiday cheer to those who make dinner and those who only make reservations.
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Humble Pie
- Auteur(s): Gordon Ramsay
- Narrateur(s): Gordon Ramsay
- Durée: 3 h et 1 min
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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Biography of the Year, 2007.
Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
This is Gordon Ramsay's autobiography, the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef. He also discusses his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction, and his failed first career as a footballer.
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The book wasn’t long enough.
- Écrit par Kim Levasseur le 2020-05-05
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Eat a Peach
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): David Chang, Gabe Ulla
- Narrateur(s): David Chang
- Durée: 9 h et 6 min
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As a young, unspectacular cook, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village that should not have survived its first, misbegotten year. But, through sheer stubbornness and a series of utterly reckless choices, he became a chef who the New York Times once described as “the modern equivalent of Norman Mailer or Muhammad Ali”. In this memoir, Chang lays bare his self-doubt and ruminates on mental health.
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Great Memoir.
- Écrit par Wayne V M Hua le 2020-12-25
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Life, on the Line
- A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
- Auteur(s): Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 12 h et 51 min
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In 2007 chef Grant Achatz seemingly had it made. He had been named one of the best new chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2002, received the James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year Award in 2003, and in 2005 he and Nick Kokonas opened the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Then, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma - tongue cancer.
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an exceptional story of inspiration in cuisine
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-12-30
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Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, and Gabrielle Hamilton on 'How I Learned to Cook'
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, Gabrielle Hamilton
- Narrateur(s): Michael Ruhlman
- Durée: 1 h et 25 min
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Anthony Bourdain, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Eric Ripert are all well established, accomplished chefs; they share their early cooking experiences, what influenced their cooking styles, and what made them want to be chefs forever. Bourdain is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, the author of the best-selling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and the host of the popular Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Bourdain
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Last summer, The New Yorker published chef Anthony Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Now, the author uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable audiobook, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike.
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A must hear / Must read.
- Écrit par Justin le 2020-09-01
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A Chef's Christmas
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Bourdain
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Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential, once again brings to light the inner workings of the "culinary underbelly" in his bold reinvention of the traditional Christmas story. At once risqué and charming, A Chef's Christmas is sure to bring holiday cheer to those who make dinner and those who only make reservations.
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Humble Pie
- Auteur(s): Gordon Ramsay
- Narrateur(s): Gordon Ramsay
- Durée: 3 h et 1 min
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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Biography of the Year, 2007.
Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
This is Gordon Ramsay's autobiography, the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef. He also discusses his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction, and his failed first career as a footballer.
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The book wasn’t long enough.
- Écrit par Kim Levasseur le 2020-05-05
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Eat a Peach
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): David Chang, Gabe Ulla
- Narrateur(s): David Chang
- Durée: 9 h et 6 min
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As a young, unspectacular cook, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village that should not have survived its first, misbegotten year. But, through sheer stubbornness and a series of utterly reckless choices, he became a chef who the New York Times once described as “the modern equivalent of Norman Mailer or Muhammad Ali”. In this memoir, Chang lays bare his self-doubt and ruminates on mental health.
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Great Memoir.
- Écrit par Wayne V M Hua le 2020-12-25
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Life, on the Line
- A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
- Auteur(s): Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas
- Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
- Durée: 12 h et 51 min
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In 2007 chef Grant Achatz seemingly had it made. He had been named one of the best new chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2002, received the James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year Award in 2003, and in 2005 he and Nick Kokonas opened the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Then, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma - tongue cancer.
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an exceptional story of inspiration in cuisine
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-12-30
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Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, and Gabrielle Hamilton on 'How I Learned to Cook'
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, Gabrielle Hamilton
- Narrateur(s): Michael Ruhlman
- Durée: 1 h et 25 min
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Anthony Bourdain, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Eric Ripert are all well established, accomplished chefs; they share their early cooking experiences, what influenced their cooking styles, and what made them want to be chefs forever. Bourdain is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, the author of the best-selling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and the host of the popular Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.
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32 Yolks
- From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
- Auteur(s): Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers
- Narrateur(s): Peter Ganim
- Durée: 7 h et 26 min
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In an industry where celebrity chefs are known as much for their salty talk and quick tempers as their food, Eric Ripert stands out. The winner of four James Beard Awards, co-owner and chef of a world-renowned restaurant, and recipient of countless Michelin stars, Ripert embodies elegance and culinary perfection. But before the accolades, before he even knew how to make a proper hollandaise sauce, Eric Ripert was a lonely young boy in the south of France whose life was falling apart.
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Heat
- An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
- Auteur(s): Bill Buford
- Narrateur(s): Michael Kramer
- Durée: 12 h et 15 min
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From one of our most interesting literary figures, former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs, a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.
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Be careful what you order....
- Écrit par Nicki S le 2021-01-05
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Blood, Bones & Butter
- The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
- Auteur(s): Gabrielle Hamilton
- Narrateur(s): Gabrielle Hamilton
- Durée: 10 h et 4 min
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Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty fierce, hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Above all she sought family, particularly the thrill and the magnificence of the one from her childhood that, in her adult years, eluded her. Hamilton’s ease and comfort in a kitchen were instilled in her at an early age when her parents hosted grand parties, often for more than one hundred friends and neighbors.
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Awesome book!
- Écrit par Katie Jardine le 2020-08-23
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A Promised Land
- Auteur(s): Barack Obama
- Narrateur(s): Barack Obama
- Durée: 29 h et 10 min
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Obama reads this himself!
- Écrit par Meredith le 2020-11-17
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Sous Chef
- 24 Hours on the Line
- Auteur(s): Michael Gibney
- Narrateur(s): Fred Berman
- Durée: 5 h et 42 min
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In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney uses 24 hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here listeners will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to deliver an exceptional plate of food - the journey to excellence by way of exhaustion. Told in second-person narrative, Sous Chef is an immersive, adrenaline-fueled run that offers a fly-on-the-wall perspective on the food service industry, allowing listeners to briefly inhabit the hidden world behind the kitchen doors, in real time.
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Bone in the Throat
- Auteur(s): Anthony Bourdain
- Narrateur(s): Kaleo Griffith
- Durée: 8 h et 51 min
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When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. With the FBI on one side and his eccentric wise guy superiors on the other, Tommy has to struggle to do right by his conscience and avoid getting killed in the meantime....
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Greenlights
- Auteur(s): Matthew McConaughey
- Narrateur(s): Matthew McConaughey
- Durée: 6 h et 42 min
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I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.
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Alright Alright Alright
- Écrit par Daniel le 2020-10-20
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
- Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
- Auteur(s): Samin Nosrat
- Narrateur(s): Samin Nosrat
- Durée: 5 h et 57 min
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A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared "America's next great cooking teacher" by Alice Waters.
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Good book
- Écrit par Eric le 2021-01-07
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Restaurant Man
- Auteur(s): Joe Bastianich
- Narrateur(s): Joe Bastianich
- Durée: 8 h et 9 min
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How does a nice Italian boy from Queens turn his passion for food and wine into a nationwide empire? In his intrepid, irreverent, and terrifically entertaining memoir, Restaurant Man, Joe Bastianich charts his remarkable culinary journey from his parents’ neighborhood eatery to becoming one of the country’s most successful restaurateurs, along with his superstar chef partners: his mother, Lidia Bastianich, and Mario Batali.
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Interesting story fo the restaurant world.
- Écrit par Louise Milligan le 2020-09-08
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The Third Plate
- Field Notes on the Future of Food
- Auteur(s): Dan Barber
- Narrateur(s): Dan Barber
- Durée: 14 h et 30 min
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The Third Plate is chef Dan Barber’s extraordinary vision for a new future of American eating. After more than a decade spent investigating farming communities around the world in pursuit of singular flavor, Barber finally concluded that - for the sake of our food, our health, and the future of the land - America’s cuisine required a radical transformation.
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Hungry
- Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World
- Auteur(s): Jeff Gordinier
- Narrateur(s): Jeff Gordinier
- Durée: 6 h et 47 min
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Feeling stuck in his work and home life, writer Jeff Gordinier happened into a fateful meeting with Danish chef René Redzepi, whose restaurant, Noma, has been called the best in the world. A restless perfectionist, Redzepi was at the top of his game but was looking to tear it all down, to shutter his restaurant and set out for new places, flavors, and recipes. This is the story of the subsequent four years of globe-trotting culinary adventure, with Gordinier joining Redzepi as his Sancho Panza.
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The Food Lab
- Better Home Cooking Through Science
- Auteur(s): J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
- Narrateur(s): Mike Chamberlain
- Durée: 21 h et 22 min
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As Serious Eats's culinary nerd-in-residence, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has pondered all these questions and more. Kenji shows that often, conventional methods don't work that well, and home cooks can achieve far better results using new - but simple - techniques. In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes, you will find out how to make foolproof Hollandaise sauce in just two minutes, how to transform one simple tomato sauce into a half dozen dishes, how to make the crispiest, creamiest potato casserole ever conceived, and much more.
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Amazing!
- Écrit par leesh le 2020-06-08
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The long-awaited follow-up to the mega-best-seller Kitchen Confidential
In the 10 years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out - from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy - much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores those changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.
Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain, but never pulls his punches, on the modern gastronomical revolution, as only he can. Cutting right to the bone, Bourdain sets his sights on some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, the young superstar chef who has radicalized the fine-dining landscape; the revered Alice Waters, whom he treats with unapologetic frankness; the Top Chef winners and losers; and many more.
Always he returns to the question "Why cook?" Or the more difficult "Why cook well?" Medium Raw is the deliciously funny and shockingly delectable journey to those answers, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2020-08-03
it might be just the utter respect for the legend
As a 10 year recently unemployed due to covid 19 cook, I can say this audiobook was a much necessary light in a time of darkness in our industry. I would've loved to listen to you speak on the current events plaguing our industry today. you are greatly missed. much love and respect to Bourdain. one of the realest motherfuckers to ever do it. thank you.
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- Shaun Sanders
- 2020-07-21
Entertaining
Definitely worth a listen. Entertaining but certainly doesn't hold a candle to Kitchen Confidential.
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- kenzie v
- 2020-06-04
Bourdain was a treasure we didn't deserve
He was amazing. He was the best. He was going to change the world.
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- NePatsGirl
- 2019-02-02
A must for your wish list
Once again bourdain tells a great story. Although I enjoyed kitchen a bit more (can’t put my finger on why) this was a great book. As he tells more stories of his life I couldn’t help morbidly looking for some key or clue from way back then to explain his last year(s). I would recommend this book as I did the last for any fan, foodie or someone wanting a break from their own monotonous day. Bourdain’s ability to tell a great story is comparable to none
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- Brianna Humphrey
- 2018-12-28
Just perfect
when grinding out the past of your holiday rush and prep Tony sure helps keep you company.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-12-03
Having Tony Narrate It Makes It!
really captures your attention. I couldn't stop listening! Having Anthony as the narrator really pulls you into his writing and thoughts. I definitely recommend!
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- Michelle
- 2018-09-18
Great listen
Bourdain really delves in to his personal life as well as the chef world in this book. He narrates it well - I love hearing his voice. Highly recommend. #audible1
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- James
- 2018-09-18
Funny
Great follow up to Kitchen Confidential. Funny and heart warming. Easy listen...didn't want it to end. #Audible 1
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- Sherry Galesloot
- 2018-09-13
I miss Anthony Bourdain
Now that Anthony is no longer with us, his books narrated by himself are a way to keep his spirit alive. #Audible1
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- Adam Drew
- 2018-07-16
We may never see his like again
Anthony Bourdain, the "bad boy" of food writing, was a storyteller without peer in his field. His travel, his passion, his instinctive way of bringing out the best in the people around him. He roared to fame with Kitchen Confidential, but this book served as, not an apology, but a recontextualization of that work, through the voice of an older, wiser, but no less funny or cutting Bourdain, no longer a chef, but instead known worldwide as a lover of food, and of the people who make it and serve it.
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- Sparkly
- 2012-10-09
Surprisingly tender.
I loved Kitchen Confidential, in part because it was the story of a punk rock underdog from Manhattan, a demographic close to my heart and history. Occasionally over the years I have wondered how success and maturity have affected Bourdain, and this book answered most of my questions. Bourdain narrates, which is all important. The chapters on the dissolution of his marriage and his grappling with fame were moving, and quite sad. I found it laudable that he has the ability to admit that he's a jerk and has been wrong about a lot of things. And the section on the fish expert at Le Bernardin is just amazingly good journalism. Yes, he can be a strident, opinionated blowhard, but I think that's part of his charm. His devotion to cooking (and cooks) is infectious.
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- PKsweets
- 2010-07-16
I like it......well done!
This is the continuation of Kitchen Confidential...and also a review of sorts of many of the heavy hitters in the food business...from the Restaurants to the TV shows....a insightful background story that is always entertaining and even though it is NSFW, it delivers a great life lesson....you never know where you will end up, and the journey can be so interesting....well done! Great narration and great story....
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- Marie
- 2013-04-10
Fun read of a lush life
This was a really fun listen and at times I laughed out loud. This is my first Anthony Bourdain book, so I don't know how it compares to his more famous book.
Did I learn anything? Not really. This book is one where you just sit back and enjoy the ride and it is a fun ride that goes to various parts of the world and US. It is also like sitting at the bar with the world 2nd most interesting man as he spins tales about crazy girlfriends, lucky jobs, and life enjoyably wasted on booze and drugs.
I've seen criticisms about authors reading their own books, this is one of those things where the author does a really good job.
To truly enjoy this book, belly up to the bar, or sit out on the patio with a drink and a nice app.
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- Allan
- 2011-06-13
fantastic entertainment
Anthony Bourdain observes and reports with an edgy wit peppered with just the right blend of erudition and four-letter words. There is not a boring moment in this and you'll easily listen to it twice. It does meander slightly and its hard to discern an overall theme- but you'll be so hypnotized by the stream of ideas and wit that you won't notice this.
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- susan
- 2010-08-22
Tony does it again...
Enjoyable, if somewhat strident at times, this book catches readers up on the life of the author (and his antics) and recaps the lives of people covered in other books. Very enjoyable book.
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- Travelling Pillsbury
- 2013-02-13
Unexpectedly Delighted
Bourdain can get on your nerves. I should know, after faithfully inhaling his No Reservations for years, and more recently The Layover, all the while noticing the shows' producers increased tolerance for letting Tony get away with (or encouraging him towards?) kinda lame stuff. To watch as Tony tosses back triple shots of straight (insert local booze here) with a local table-mate until the redness of nose and the inanity of banter chafes my patience, and is no longer good TV (I even found it tedious when I was still a practicing drunk). On the other hand, the Haiti and Beirut and Mozambique episodes are finer recent examples of how No Reservations works when it’s nurtured and cared for. It was this Bourdain I hoped to find in Medium Raw, and with some trepidation I procured the audiobook.
All hesitation was quelled after the first two or three chapters. I am pleased to say I’m now enjoying my second listen, revisiting themes and analyses the first pass threw down with such ease and grace. Whatever impulse Bourdain may have to tread lightly and boozily when shooting some of his less stellar travel drunkalogs is not present here. Instead we have a sharp noggin bristling with ideas and a witty blast of fresh and cheeky verbiage in the sharing of them. He’s got some of David Foster Wallace’s eye for detail, and hints of A. J. Liebling’s ability to communicate complex ideas about food and society in a few finely crafted phrases that get right to the nut.
Dear Tony, if Medium Raw is the Bourdain that the TV versions of you have been hinting at, then please give us more of this pen on paper stuff, as after all it was Kitchen Confidential that sent the TV scouts after you in the first place. Yes you’re fun and irreverent on TV, but you really shine on the page (and incidentally as the narrator of your own work).
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- Slothflyer
- 2010-08-13
a decent sequel
This sequel to Kitchen Confidential is very good, but Bourdain's ego and opinions get a little bloated and tedious. However, when he begins to berate the Food Network, it is the best. definietly download if you like his first book.
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- Thomas
- 2010-07-22
Well written, well read and thought provoking
What more is there to say about an audio book? Anthony Bourdain is outspoken and passionate. He writes about food and the food industry intending to inform and entertain. He does this with humor and perception. Tony introduces you to a world that is deeper and more important than many people give credit to - a world just as prominent in politics as it is in high society. He makes you think about what he is telling you and challenges you to draw your own conclusions.
My only gripe - lay off the four letter words.
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- Matthew M. Ryba
- 2013-02-27
Tony does it again.
Would you listen to Medium Raw again? Why?
Yes, I had read this book twice in a hard cover edition before listening to it via Audible. There is something to be said about Tony Bourdain narrating it himself. In my head the book read in his voice and being a long time fan of his writing as well as his TV shows, it just made sense. It's a great story to catch a chapter or two, especially late at night when on the Subway in NY, begin able to visualize some of the places around the city he references, and even more, being told to you in the friendly familiar voce of another New Yorker.
Great book, strongly recommended, for the story telling, jokes, and tips on what might be a cool place to visit when in NY. If it weren't for Bourdain I would have no idea who David Chang was, and wouldn't frequent one of my favorite restaurants in NY as a result.
Who was your favorite character and why?
It's somewhat self-biographical, and Tony gives a great performance.
Which scene was your favorite?
The story about his drunken musings in the Caribbean with his psychopathic girlfriend.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Medium Raw; Why bloody is better.
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- Sophia
- 2011-12-27
Great to read, great to hear.
Would you listen to Medium Raw again? Why?
Yes, I already listened to it twice. I have incredibly long commutes to and from work. Listening to Bourdain's book in the car helped me survive my worst commuting week of the year. His story is so unique and fascinting and his writing so honest, thought-provoking, and funny that listening to him narrate it just feels right.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Anthony Bourdain is my favorite character because of his depth and humor. Justo Thomas, Ottavia Bourdain, and Fergus Henderson have such important roles and are described so grandly it is hard not to admire them.
What does Anthony Bourdain bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Bourdain's narration taught me that reading and listening are totally different experiences. I had already read and was a fan of Bourdain's story. I didn't think that the audiobook would add anything to my experience but decided to try it out before I gifted it to a friend. Listening made me appreciate the story even more. It was also great to finally learn the correct pronunciation of various places and things.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I could probably have listened to it all in a couple of sittings, because nine hours is a bit long. My listening was interrupted only by work and the end of an exhausting commute. But because it was the only thing I listened to in my car it took less than a week for me to finish.
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