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US Mall 1 - The Nasty Bits: Collected Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps and Bones
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List Price: $13.16
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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780747579816
ISBN: 0747579814
Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: A good book, not quite Kitchen Confidential
Comment: All in all I thought that this was a good book. Not quite as sharp and visceral as Kitchen Confidential, but still a good book. If you like his other books and his television show then you'll love this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: These bits make for a meal
Comment: If you like Tony Bourdain you probably will enjoy this; you may not love it, but it's certainly not a waste of time. The essays are classic Bourdain through the years: honest, angry, bored, frustrated, but, above all, hungry. There's even a sappy little Xmas fable thrown in just to show that he does have a bit of a soft side, especially for the industry that he so passionately adores. It's a very good book to carry around for when you have time to snag a quick read (I always have a book in my handbag and this was perfect) and there's a section at the end where he revisits each essay and updates the whys and hows each came to be. Best is when he admits to being a bit of a wanker.
Overall, I can easily recommend this. He's a good writer, honest and very interesting, funny and crude, and not easily dismissed. This is not a snack, it's most definitely a meal, one to be savored and remembered.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not My Favorite
Comment: I love Anthony Bourdain. There. I said it. I would love to hang out with him, cook with him, and well, let's just say, do other things with him. Except read this book.
Bourdain is a genuinely talented writer, as he proved in Kitchen Confidential. He is a charismatic raconteur as he proves each week on his television show. But this book is a compilation of many divergent pieces, thrown together to attain maximum fiscal return. Because the tales vary so greatly, the reader is forced to jump from concept to concept without anything binding the pieces together properly. Don't get me wrong, each piece is well crafted, but just because they're all published together doesn't make for a cohesive book.
If you must read Bourdain, re-read Kitchen Confidential. It will leave you more satisfied than this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it!
Comment: This book was great. I love reading everything Anthony writes because you can hear him speak as you read it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great and all TRUE
Comment: Loved this, bought it's the second one of Anthony's I have ordered. I am a Chef myself and it brings tears to my eyes knowing someone else is being tormented by patrons and the front of the house. Very good reading even if you never have cooked a meal his humor and honesty makes this book GREAT.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A good book, not quite Kitchen Confidential
Comment: All in all I thought that this was a good book. Not quite as sharp and visceral as Kitchen Confidential, but still a good book. If you like his other books and his television show then you'll love this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: These bits make for a meal
Comment: If you like Tony Bourdain you probably will enjoy this; you may not love it, but it's certainly not a waste of time. The essays are classic Bourdain through the years: honest, angry, bored, frustrated, but, above all, hungry. There's even a sappy little Xmas fable thrown in just to show that he does have a bit of a soft side, especially for the industry that he so passionately adores. It's a very good book to carry around for when you have time to snag a quick read (I always have a book in my handbag and this was perfect) and there's a section at the end where he revisits each essay and updates the whys and hows each came to be. Best is when he admits to being a bit of a wanker.
Overall, I can easily recommend this. He's a good writer, honest and very interesting, funny and crude, and not easily dismissed. This is not a snack, it's most definitely a meal, one to be savored and remembered.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not My Favorite
Comment: I love Anthony Bourdain. There. I said it. I would love to hang out with him, cook with him, and well, let's just say, do other things with him. Except read this book.
Bourdain is a genuinely talented writer, as he proved in Kitchen Confidential. He is a charismatic raconteur as he proves each week on his television show. But this book is a compilation of many divergent pieces, thrown together to attain maximum fiscal return. Because the tales vary so greatly, the reader is forced to jump from concept to concept without anything binding the pieces together properly. Don't get me wrong, each piece is well crafted, but just because they're all published together doesn't make for a cohesive book.
If you must read Bourdain, re-read Kitchen Confidential. It will leave you more satisfied than this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it!
Comment: This book was great. I love reading everything Anthony writes because you can hear him speak as you read it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great and all TRUE
Comment: Loved this, bought it's the second one of Anthony's I have ordered. I am a Chef myself and it brings tears to my eyes knowing someone else is being tormented by patrons and the front of the house. Very good reading even if you never have cooked a meal his humor and honesty makes this book GREAT.
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