Kitchen Confidential

I didn't grow up watching Anthony Bourdain, but I love food and cooking so I took a leap and loved it. It's unapologetically uncensored and brash, but that's the point. This is a glimpse into the food industry without any sugar coating. If you've ever worked on a construction site, at a grocery store, or in a kitchen... you'll get it. I worked for a few months at the bottom of the service industry and couldn't deal with it, so I have a lot of admiration for people who manage to make a career out of it. It's grueling.

Anthony Bourdain gets this, but also understands how transformative a good meal can be. He writes beautifully about how food brings people together and transcends culture inside and outside of the kitchen, and I'd recommend this book to anyone who cares about human nature or wants a deep dive into the food industry. 

I knew his suicide in 2018 was a big deal, but it wasn't until reading this book that I realized we didn't just lose another celebrity chef, we lost one of this generations greatest.