The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
by Lord Anthony Bourdain
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Author: Lord Anthony BourdainEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 1596913606
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
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Book Review: Compilation Rather Than Cohesive Book - But Good of Its Type
Summary: 4 Stars
Bad-boy chef-turned-writer Anthony Bourdain collects a series of pieces he's written for other publications, divided into sections - Salty, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and Umami (a Japanese term meaning roughly "meaty" or "savory"), plus `A Taste of Fiction'. The last is easily the weakest section, containing only a toss-off Christmas story starring a thinly-disguised Rocco DiSpirito getting his groove back by working the line at his restaurant on Christmas Eve. However, when Bourdain's snarling about chain restaurants, the "raw food movement", why Emeril LaGasse or Rachel Ray or Jamie Oliver keep turning out crap, the jihad against foie gras, attacks on chefs he both likes and respects like Gordon Ramsey or Mario Battali, or hack filmmaker-turned-hack restaurant reviewer Michael Winner, he's at the top of his game.
At the back of the book are some "second thoughts" about the originally published pieces - both clarifications of some pieces he wrote for specific audiences (like from when he lived in the UK), and amusing backpedals from his hilariously hyperbolic attacks on Food World figures like LaGasse, Ray and Oliver he's since made peace with.
I didn't give it five stars because it's a compilation rather than a complete book, so there's a fair amount of repetition in some of the targets. But if you enjoy his NO RESERVATIONS show on Travel Channel, or even just like reading a series of well-written and amusingly cutting articles on food, it's absolutely worth buying and reading.
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Summary of The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
In the multiweek New York Times bestseller The Nasty Bits, bestselling chef and No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures.? Whether surviving a lethal hot pot in Chengdu, splurging on New York's priciest sushi, or singing the praises of Ecuadorian line cooks and Hell's Kitchen dives, Bourdain is as provocative, engaging, and opinionated as ever. The Nasty Bits is an irresistible tasting menu of food writing at its outrageous best-served up Bourdain style.
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