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A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business as a whole and for Anthony Bourdain Medium Raw explores those changes, taking the reader back and forth from the author s bad old days to the present Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe travelling professional eater and drinker, Bourdain compares and contrasts what he s seen and what he s seeing, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the controversial figures in food Always returning to the question Why cook Or the harder to answer Why cook well Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after hours gathering of powerful chefs he compares to a Mafia summit, the story follows the twists and eddies through subjects ranging from The Friends of David Chang an incredibly undiplomatic discussion with and peek into the mind of the hottest, most influential chef in America Don t Ask Alice Alice Waters Good or Evil The Big Shake Out The restaurant business in post economic meltdown America How it s changing How it might change even And, Heroes and Villains With a few returning favorites. Read Medium Raw – kino-fada.fr Order the fucking fish on Monday Although Medium Raw isn t, technically speaking, a sequel to Anthony Bourdain s first collection of restaurant industry related essays, it s definitely a companion volume to the point where if you read Medium Raw without first having read Kitchen Confidential, you re not really getting the full experience Kitchen Confidential was a brash, cranky, profanity filled collection of essays detailing the ugly ins and outs of the restaurant industry and the people w Order the fucking fish on Monday Al...I like Anthony Bourdain in part because he admits the mini empire he s created is a good paying gig and he feels fortunate to have landed it Bourdain s a paradox in that his street level authenticity is one of his strengths but, at the same time, he admits he s loaded and gets all the privileges associated with his celebrity While he self depreciates with the best of them he s also not nearly off the cuff, I think, as he d like his fans to believe He s like a less frantic Klosterman except wi I like Anthony Bourdain in part because he admits the mini empire he s created is a good paying gig...I love Anthony Bourdain s wit, and I loved his shows Parts Unknown and no reservations However, I didn t love this book because it felt evendisjointed than Kitchen Confidential, a book I enjoyed The book is made up of a series of essays slapped together in no cohesive progression There are funny bits, and because I m a fan, the biographical parts interest me Particularly in light of him taking his own life, reading about his self destructive behavior before he quit abusing drugs many y I love Anthony Bourdain s wit, and I loved his shows Parts Unknown and no reservations However, I didn t love this book because it felt evendisjointed than Kitchen Confidential, a ...Anthony Bourdain I like his show and I like the way he writes He has a no holds barred way of writing about what he thinks Medium Raw is like a string of rants Great material here on how he feels about certain chefs good, bad, new, and seasoned and especially the Food Network I didn t understand his grievance with Food Network since that s where he started, but I get it now He writes a little about his travels and how humbling it is to be fed in some places where there is almost nothing Anthony Bourdain I like his show and I like the way he writes He has a no holds barred way of writing about what he thinks Medium Raw is like a string of rants Great material here on how he feels about certain chefs good, bad, new, and seasoned and especially the Food Network I didn t understand his grievance ...I have mixed feelings about this book On one hand, I really liked parts of it I loved hearing Anthony Bourdain narrate the story, which he did expertly All those years of talking on TV have taught him to how to deliver lines flawlessly, and it shows It s just like listening to him on TV, which made it easy, fun listening I also laughed at some of his stories, really enjoying Tony when he feels his most real and down and dirty However, parts of the story also annoyed me a great deal I live I have mixed feelings about this book On one hand, I really liked parts of it I loved...An image of Tony Bourdain has been carefully cultivated by publishers, producers and Bourdain himself this punk rock loving, hard drinking, two pack a day sacred cow killing rebel who suffers no fools and and takes no bullshit Look no further than the cover of this book which features Bourdain staring out imperiously while handling the pointiest end of a knife And to a certain extent the image is earned But Medium Raw shatters that image in many ways The standard Bourdain tropes are here A An image of Tony Bourdain has been carefully cultivated by publishers, producers and Bourdain himself this punk rock loving, hard drinking, two pack a day sacred cow killing rebel who suffers no fools and and takes no bullshit Look no further than the cover of this book which features Bourdain staring out imperiously while handling the pointiest end of a knife And to a certain extent the image is earned But Medium Raw shatters that image in many ways The standard Bourdain tropes are here Alice Waters is a villain, James Beard society is bullshit, Alan Richman is a cunt He continues to eviscerate carpetbagging parasites who continue to pr...Medium Raw is a great book for a foodie like me I m a fan of Bourdain s and especially enjoyed listening to the audiobook since he s the narrator Every curse word is uttered with terrific emphasis, and he never pronounces anything related to the restaurant business incorrectly But it s not all about any angry guy telling you about the people who piss him off Bourdain talks about the relationships people have with food today, and what they pass on to their kids More directly, he thinks paren Medium Raw is a great book for a foodie like me I m a fan of Bourdain s and especially enjoyed listening to the audiobook since he s the narrator Every curse word is uttered with terrific emphasis, and he never pronounces anything related to the restaurant business incorrectly But it s not all about any angry guy telling you about the people who piss him off Bourdain talks about the relationships people have with food today, and what they pass on to their kids More directly, he thinks parents who don t teach kids to cook are doing them a great disservice I couldn t agreeEveryone should be encouraged at every turn to develop their own modest yet unique repertoire to find a few dishes they love and practice at preparing them until they are proud of the result To either respect i...Oh Tony you have so much to offer pithy observations, thoughtful commentary on a host of subjects and then you devolve into talking shit about almost everyone Sure, that s some of your charm you say it like it is, you snark, you are lovingly curmudgeonly but a few times in reading this book that I just skipped and skipped over few chapters Too much bad jou jou with all the mud slinging You had some great tales to tell island hopping with the old money crazy girl, teaching yo Oh Tony you have so much to offer pithy observations, thoughtful commentary on a host of subjects and then you devolve into talking shit about almost everyone Sure, that s some of your charm you say it like it is, you snark, you are lovingly curmudgeonly but a few times in reading this book that I just skipped and skipped over few chapters Too much bad jou jou with all the mud slinging You had some great tales to tell island hopping with the old money crazy girl, teaching your daughter about the evils of fast food, Changology, in the kitchen and the dining room with Justo the Dominican and hell, I even read and got something out of your lambasting of vegetarianism although I have to say, you seem to miss the point entirely and you didn t change my mind I eat vegetarian food AND while you may hate my kind, I still have an odd and inexplicable affection towards YOU especially your note to your friend after your harrowing...Chalk one up to Anthony Bourdain once again, as he presents a witty and insightful view of the culinary world InMedium RawBourdain discusses the changes that have taken place in the subculture of chefs and cooks, the restaurant business, and in his own life during the ten years since her banged out his mega best...I ll admit it I m not much of a foodie, and I ve never been a close follower of Anthony Bourdain I ve seen a few great episodes of No Reservations, but I ve never gotten around to reading Kitchen Confidential There s no doubt, however, that the man can write Fans will undoubtedly salivate over Medium Raw, a book that is less a linear narrative anda series of essays, some of them personal about his new family life, for instance but most of them taking aim at the modern food world t I ll admit it I m not much of a foodie, and I ve never been a close follower of Anthony Bourdain I ve seen a few great episodes of No Reservations, but I ve never gotten around to reading Kitchen Confidential There s no doubt, however, that the man can write Fans will undoubtedly salivate over Medium Raw, a book that is less a linear narrative anda ...

Medium Raw
  • English
  • 08 July 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 288 pages
  • Anthony Bourdain
  • Medium Raw