Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Name: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Rating: 4.345454692840576 (275 reviews)

Anthony Bourdain

Jun 2010 · Sold by Harper Collins

275 reviews

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“A true populist, as interested in celebrating the most humble wok-slinger as he is in extolling the superchef. If his sharp eye and his wicked tongue have brought him acclaim, what has kept him in the spotlight is his heart. Like Oscar Wilde, he is a moralist in the guise of a libertine.” —Denver Post
The instant New York Times bestseller and follow-up to Anthony Bourdain’s blockbuster classic on the cooking life, Kitchen Confidential

Medium Raw tracks Anthony Bourdain’s unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, in a series of take-no-prisoners confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.

Beginning with a secret, highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain—but never pulls his punches—on the modern gastronomical revolution. Cutting right to the bone, Bourdain sets his sights on some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang; the revered Alice Waters; the Top Chef contestants; and many more.

Medium Raw is the deliciously funny, shockingly delectable result, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike.

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275 reviews

Chris McGrail

May 27, 2013

Kitchen Confidential is a classic that was able to transcend the culture of cooking and food to speak to a general audience. Maybe it's not fair to compare, but Medium Raw is more for those in the in industry, and while a good read, is not destined to be in the same category...entertaining and very funny in some parts. I recommend it.

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Craig Vanderoef

September 5, 2015

I love Tony's unapologetic attitude, this book however is full of apologies. I guess we all get nicer as we get older, but I like the angry stories to stay angry. The person does not need to and I am glad he is happier, but the old stories are great... Let them be great and full as read in their time.

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A Google user

November 21, 2012

I bought this in audio, its the worst. No inflection in his voice at all, he read it in such a monotone fashion I could not make it through the first chapter,.

About the author

Anthony Bourdain was the author of the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, World Travel, and Appetites and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.

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