"[T]remendously appealing, joyously penned....[A]n elegant meld of insider reporting on the food business and personal memoir....Resentment and rage, Bourdain's cherished motivators, fuel many of his life choices but not this narrative. He knows that the curiosity and aggression that might have made him a suicide or a killer are the same that turned him into a cook. He needs to be contained (pretty much every minute of the day and night), and he's found his ideal holding cell in the restaurant kitchen, where he's free to be a barking, swaggering, finger-sniffing, keen-eyed beast." - R. G. Kenny (Los Angeles Times Book Review, 7/31/00)
"[T]remendously appealing, joyously penned....[A]n elegant meld of insider reporting on the food business and personal memoir....Resentment and rage, Bourdain's cherished motivators, fuel many of his life choices but not this narrative. He knows that the curiosity and aggression that might have made him a suicide or a killer are the same that turned him into a cook. He needs to be contained (pretty much every minute of the day and night), and he's found his ideal holding cell in the restaurant kitchen, where he's free to be a barking, swaggering, finger-sniffing, keen-eyed beast." - R. G. Kenny (Los Angeles Times Book Review, 7/31/00)
"In a style partaking of Hunter S. Thompson, Iggy Pop and a little Jonathan Swift, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors little dreamed of by the trusting public....You may find this revolting. I think the guy is hysterical. He's also, beneath it all, devoted to good food and the very difficult life that goes with cooking it professionally." - Michael I. Petelin (New York Times Book Review, 6/4/00)
"In a style partaking of Hunter S. Thompson, Iggy Pop and a little Jonathan Swift, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors little dreamed of by the trusting public....You may find this revolting. I think the guy is hysterical. He's also, beneath it all, devoted to good food and the very difficult life that goes with cooking it professionally." - Michael I. Petelin (New York Times Book Review, 6/4/00)
"KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL discloses further restaurant secrets (you may think twice about ordering chicken, for example), but it's more a rollicking tale of Bourdain's culinary journey....[W]hat is most striking about KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL is the utmost passion Bourdain displays." - Edward Horgan (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, 7/9/00)
"KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL discloses further restaurant secrets (you may think twice about ordering chicken, for example), but it's more a rollicking tale of Bourdain's culinary journey....But what is most striking about KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL is the utmost passion Bourdain displays." - Edward Horgan (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, 7/9/00)
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