Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Insider's Edition) by Anthony Bourdain
3 reviews
mandaraffe's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Racism, Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Blood, Cursing, Sexism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
Moderate: Animal death and Racial slurs
Minor: Suicide
julied's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Addiction, Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit
surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition
challenging
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Oh man, me and Shane listened to this audiobook hours at a time in the car during our spring break road-trip to Baltimore (coincidentally, we drove out of Baltimore just as a chapter began with the line “Baltimore sucks.”)
This book affirmed much of what I already knew, and appreciated, about Bourdain. He was a complex, messy, imperfect, charming, and charismatic man. A take-no-bullshit straight shooter who certainly held what was likely some “leftist” viewpoints at the time that aged really poorly in a modern reading of this text. Being that this was published by a white middle aged rough & rowdy man in 2000, & as a longtime fan of Anthony’s, not much of this shocked me. He’s a man who has done immense good and how shown immense amounts of kindness & empathy, and that outweighed the old school thinking for me, here. (But I recognize that wont work for everybody, & that’s okay). An interesting, endearing, and at times disgusting portrayal of kitchen life. Anthony’s signature voice and narration were as compelling as ever.
This book affirmed much of what I already knew, and appreciated, about Bourdain. He was a complex, messy, imperfect, charming, and charismatic man. A take-no-bullshit straight shooter who certainly held what was likely some “leftist” viewpoints at the time that aged really poorly in a modern reading of this text. Being that this was published by a white middle aged rough & rowdy man in 2000, & as a longtime fan of Anthony’s, not much of this shocked me. He’s a man who has done immense good and how shown immense amounts of kindness & empathy, and that outweighed the old school thinking for me, here. (But I recognize that wont work for everybody, & that’s okay). An interesting, endearing, and at times disgusting portrayal of kitchen life. Anthony’s signature voice and narration were as compelling as ever.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Fatphobia
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