Pallet Pleasingly Perfect. (Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain)

Member Name: tiptobes

Product:	Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
Date:	17/05/01 (80 review reads)
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Advantages: Funny, Refreshing, Widely readable

Disadvantages: Home truths, May be shocking to some, Cannot be put down

Kitchen Confidential is a delightful read. The balance between gritty realism and anecdotal humour provides a fantastically enjoyable and fresh perspective of the culinary underbelly.

Recommended to me by relatives this book turned out to be superb. Sleep was lost, meals left cold and work undone. The pages contained within the card cover are so easily readable, you will lose track of time.

The world of “Chefs”, “Waiters”, “Line Cooks” and “Runners” is not glamorised nor is it berated. It is simply presented for what it is. Myself having no prior knowledge as to the true nature of the backrooms in restaurants was surprised, amused and shocked at what goes on out of the publics view. Some of Bourdain’s stories are truly horrific but at the same time strangely comforting. It is nice to know that the inhuman hours taken on by chefs are actually real people.

Aside from the realistic, humorous and eye-opening truths revealed in Kitchen Confidential, there are also some bits of highly useful information. Such as, one should not eat fish on a Tuesday, because the delivery was made six days ago, and has been left in a “stinking reach in.” Also no customer should have the special on the Saturday, as it will contain the leftover scraps, which have been left to accumulate colonies of bacteria.

I can only urge you to buy this book, if you are looking for a brilliantly enjoyable light read then this is the book to buy.

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