Reflection on Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

              I was watching one of Anthony’s Bourdain’s shows (I think the Travel Channel one) a few days back when I started looking him up and came across this book he wrote in 2000. It is an awesome memoir of his life working in kitchens across America and is a very interesting and entertaining book for any fan of Bourdain’s and anyone interested in professional cooking.

              Bourdain says that a good cook is marked by reliability, which means always showing up and having integrity. These lessons are very applicable to everyone’s life. However, in the culinary world it goes to extremes- kitchen staff are expected to show up sick and take tons of verbal, physical, and sexual harassment. It is sad to see that the people in this industry treat each other so badly. But that said, Bourdain’s book is full of life lessons and you’ll learn a lot about how things really work in the hearts of the nice restaurants you go to for birthdays and anniversaries.