Kitchen Confidential
by Anthony Bourdain
Buy on AmazonA 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.
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"Anthony Bourdain wrote the only one that matters; it's both the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem of all line cooks throughout the world. I still reread it occasionally, and I still stand up and put my hand over my heart."
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