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Zusatztext "Mr. Bourdain is a vivid! bawdy and often foul-mouthed writer. He thrills in the attack! but he is also an enthusiast who writes well about things he holds dear." Informationen zum Autor Anthony Bourdain was the author of the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential , Medium Raw , World Travel , and Appetites and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo . His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker . He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown . Bourdain died in June 2018. Klappentext An instant New York Times bestseller and the follow-up to the mega-hit Kitchen Confidential In the ten years since Anthony Bourdain's classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business–and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw tracks Bourdain's unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, in a series of takes-no-prisoners confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. Beginning with a secret, 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. 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; the revered Alice Waters; the Top Chef contestants; and many more. Medium Raw is the deliciously funny, shockingly delectable result, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike. Zusammenfassung The instant New York Times bestseller and follow-up to Anthony Bourdain’s blockbuster classic on the cooking life! Kitchen Confidential Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain! author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book! “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook!” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world! including David Chang! Alice Waters! the Top Chef winners and losers! and many more. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business! it could have been Medium Raw. ...
