Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

19 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

2.5

My son, a bartender, wanted me to read this.  I was not an Anthony Bourdain fan, having never read any of his books, nor watched his shows.  This book didn't make me a fan, either.  

I think I would have liked it if I'd read it in the early 2000s when it was first published.  As a forty-something person, I would have enjoyed this book's rough, vulgar, stream-of-consciousness.  But reading it in 2023 was a different experience.  I found the repeated descriptions of substance abuse, criminal activity, and swearing tiring and boring.  

The book's best parts were the detailed descriptions of what it takes to manage and run a restaurant and the incredible skill and timing of the people working on the line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

crssmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book - it's interesting, while I was very aware OF Anthony Bourdain, I don't think I knew much about him, and this is very much him unfiltered (or feels that way) - which both makes you like him more, and less, and feel very sad for what eventually happened to him. It's both a great book for people who love food and restaurants and a terrible one, as it's very honest (and often gross) but the man just loves food.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

mandaraffe's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide

julied's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

champa_reads's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

jedore's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

"If you are easily offended by direct aspersions on your lineage, the circumstances of your birth, your sexuality, your appearance, the mention of your parents possibly commingling with livestock, then the world of professional cooking is not for you."

Although I am what I would call an entry level "foodie," I'm not into food-related shows or celebrity chefs. For some reason, Anthony Bourdain caught a bit more of my attention than his peers before his death. There was just something about him.

When he intentionally ended this life, I became intrigued. Not in a morbid way. I just hoped to get a better understanding of what it is I had sensed and why he did what he did. So, I picked up Kitchen Confidential to see if I was right.

I'm glad I did! This was an enjoyable and insightful read. Eating at a busy urban restaurant will never be the same for me again...wow! I'd heard it was heavy on drugs and alcohol and high on stress, but Anthony opened my eyes wider. This is definitely not a habitat I would survive in...and, honestly, I have a difficult time understanding those who not only do, but who thrive in it.

Turns out I was right about Anthony. He was a sweet and sensitive man underneath his surly exterior — and, I can understand how the world was finally just too much for him.

Looking forward to reading Into the Weeds by Tom Vitale, Anthony's long-time director and producer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sagethesagesage's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

mandkips's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts