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The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book form Anthony Bourdain represented many things to many people--and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him than that of a writer--it was one of the central ways he saw himself. Revealing Anthony Bourdain''s observant, curious, and hungry mind, The Anthony Bourdain Reader is collection of Bourdain''s best writing and touches on his many pursuits and passions, from restaurant life to family life to the "low life," from TV to travel through places like Vietnam, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai. With pointed opinions on the specific use of brioche buns, the devastation of Western foreign policy, and the pain and pleasure of hot pot, this new collection encapsulates the unique brilliance of a once-in-a-generation mind and one of our most distinctive writers. After Bourdain''s years of traveling the globe in search of the very best of cuisine and culture, The Anthony Bourdain Reader is a testament to the enduring and singular voice he crafted, with eclectic and curated chapters, including visceral graphic novel excerpts, some of his most well-loved recipes, and never-before-published pieces. Edited by Bourdain''s longtime agent and friend Kimberly Witherspoon, this is an essential reader for any Bourdain fan as well as a vivid and moving recollection of his life and legacy.
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"A delectable treat for those heavyhearted devotees, as well as a phenomental introduction for those who have yet to discover Bourdain's creative, curious, charismatic voice...The collection...is large and luscious, full of fun, variety, insight, and wonder--just like the man himself...A worthy scrapbook of Bourdain's big, bold life...vivid, evocative, and ample helpings of Bourdain's joy, sharp humor, and wonder...An endless buffet from a giant, voracious, soul-searching talent." - BookPage, starred review
"Bourdain delivers whip-smart, mot juste, and funny pronouncements on the world...A welcome gathering of work by a writer-and traveler, chef, and truth teller-gone too soon." - Kirkus Reviews
"The hunger for more Bourdain and his writing remains insatiable. Witherspoon, his agent and friend of many years, has assembled a wealth of new material by the late great, including teenage diary entries, unpublished short stories and chapters from an unfinished novel." - New York Post
"Some of the loveliest passages come when Bourdain writes with just-so tenderness and precision about his family... I suspect Bourdain will be read in years to come less as a writer about food than of food work. Everywhere he lands - whether in struggling bistros, mob joints or midtown nightclubs - he warms to the subaltern caste of underpaid toilers slicing and sizzling and sweating away." - The Guardian
