Do you know that you shouldn’t order fish on Monday? Have you enjoyed The Bear, the collected works of David Chang, or food memoirs like Blood, Bones, and Butter and Crying in H Mart? If so, you owe a debt of gratitude to Anthony Bourdain.
- Bourdain wasn’t trying to change restaurant culture when he wrote the viral essay that would become the basis for his bestselling debut memoir Kitchen Confidential, but change it he did.
This week, on the occasion of what would have been Bourdain’s 70th birthday, we’re rolling up our sleeves to revisit the book that revolutionized food culture and the man who changed how we think about eating and travel.
Hear our conversation about Kitchen Confidential on Zero to Well-Read, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you list.
Anthony Bourdain is my forever hall pass! It just works!
“I think I would kill it at sous chef shit.”