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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook , Autographed Sold Out

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and Emmy-nominated host of No...moreMedium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and Emmy-nominated host of No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, #8220;A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,#8221; and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at the foodie world. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business, it could have been Medium Raw. In the 10 years since Kitchen Confidential alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy, much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business—and for Anthony Bourdain. He explores these changes, moving back and forth from his bad old days to the present. Tracking his own unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he #8217;s seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a Mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain #8212;but never pulls his punches #8212;on the modern gastronomical revolution, as only he can. And always he returns to the question #8220;Why cook? #8221; Or the more difficult #8220;Why cook well? #8221; Medium Raw is the deliciously funny and shockingly delectable journey to those answers, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike. For this book, #8220;autographed #8221; refers to a signed bookplate.
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