Kitchen Confidential:Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
I guess we all have our weaknesses. I seem to have one for celebrity chef memoirs. When I find a good one, it gets picked up first from the stack and consumed like a big plate of comfort food. It's my mom's fried potatoes and a pot of white beans.
Mr. Bourdain did a trick here I wish every memoir-writer would do. He takes off a chapter or two to explain his philosophy of life. or, in his case, of eating (when to eat what and what never to eat). He also discusses choosing a cooking career (what to expect in the real world), and how to succeed in the career (don't lie much, be reliable, and put up with a lot of sh*t.)
So it's a pleasurable mix of life and learning with an amusing dose of life lessons. If you're going to be a cook. Thank heavens I'm not.
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