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Kitchen Confidential
by Bourdain, Anthony
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bloomsbury, 2000. Fifteenth Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fifteenth printing. Signed by Anthony Bourdain and inscribed to former owner on the title page, with ticket stub from event laid in. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, pages toned, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. A lovely copy.
Synopsis
A New York City chef who is also a novelist recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets of life behind kitchen doors. Published in 2000 by Bloomsbury, Kitchen Confidential was Bourdain’s memoir and behind-the-scenes look at restaurant kitchens, a follow-up to his popular and shocking article published the April 19th 1999 edition of The New Yorker titled "Don't Eat Before Reading This." The book is both a personal confessional, including stories of Bourdain’s misdeeds and weaknesses, including his drug use, and an industry commentary, divulging money-saving secrets of restaurants and things for consumers to avoid. Bourdain called the book "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Anthony Bourdain is the author of multiple books about cooking and food including the follow-up to Kitchen Confidential -
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943581
- Title
- Kitchen Confidential
- Author
- Bourdain, Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifteenth Printing
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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