Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain

(Organizer's sidebar: I spent the majority of my career in the food industry. I've worked in the "front of the house" (waiter, bartender), and "back of the house" (dishwasher, cook, cleanup). Kitchen Confidential captures the vibe, camaraderie, and dedication necessary to work in a restaurant. Additionally, if you are a fan of the series The Bear you've already spent some time "inside."

Frankly confessional, addictively acerbic, and utterly unsparing, Bourdain pulls no punches in this memoir of his years in the restaurant business.
Fans will love to return to this deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine. Enjoy.

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