Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine To The World Of Food And The People Who Cook

A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business - for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's old days to the present. Tracking his journey from cook to globe-trotting eater and drinker, Bourdain shares his observations, confessions, rants, and investigations of controversial figures in food. He reflects on why people cook and why they should cook well. The book begins with a secret illegal gathering of chefs, likened to a Mafia summit. Bourdain's distinctive, no-holds-barred style cuts through every subject.