shanmichstov's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
genius, miss himย
thefrogsbif's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.75
A very old school macho way to experience a very particular type of kitchenย
catalin4a's review against another edition
4.0
Mi corazon late por anthony bourdain. Im sorry que en algun punto de tu vida no viste salida y tuviste que hacer lo que hiciste a pesar del amor y hambre que tenias de vivir. Solo espero que estes en paz.
citrusclient's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
nathansnook's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
4.0
Mandatory reading for anyone in a career slump. Because Bourdain slumps too. You see his lows. He honors his highs. But the most important factor throughout these tales of the hardest nights with the hardest drugs with the most delicious dishes and the most humbling moments, funny, stressful, too-much-truth-contained is that he keeps going.
It's the drive. The passion. Pure passion. It's all he lives on. And it begs of all of us to do the same. Perhaps chasing dreams is worthwhile in the end. Dreams make man, and man is made here, in name (restaurant signage and resume-build-ups), in history. Legacy.
The book ends here:
"'๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.'
*on being part of the restaurant world, a hybrid of on-call and freelance, his energy, his ethos, his very self, final words"
With the addition to my notes, I had written "final worlds" instead of "final words" and it made me think of the finite things in life, what I leave behind. I've always avoided this, believing that I should focus on productivity in the present, but perhaps, deep down, there is always something to leave behind. Always something to give to someone else. Something to provide. To always provide for the becoming of someone else.
And here, Bourdain provides for all of our becomings and those who become.
It's the drive. The passion. Pure passion. It's all he lives on. And it begs of all of us to do the same. Perhaps chasing dreams is worthwhile in the end. Dreams make man, and man is made here, in name (restaurant signage and resume-build-ups), in history. Legacy.
The book ends here:
"'๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.'
*on being part of the restaurant world, a hybrid of on-call and freelance, his energy, his ethos, his very self, final words"
With the addition to my notes, I had written "final worlds" instead of "final words" and it made me think of the finite things in life, what I leave behind. I've always avoided this, believing that I should focus on productivity in the present, but perhaps, deep down, there is always something to leave behind. Always something to give to someone else. Something to provide. To always provide for the becoming of someone else.
And here, Bourdain provides for all of our becomings and those who become.
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thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
not so much a memoir as a detailed, enjoyable account of bourdain's time in the culinary industry, kitchen confidential is a fast, hilarious, self-deprecating and informative read. there's resto secrets, kitchen dynamics, no-frill recipes, marvels on the awesomeness of food, and musings on different ppl and food cultures. man was rly ahead of his time im; whats not to like? i love food and i miss mr. bourdain very much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing
Moderate: Sexual content, Racism, Drug use, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicide