The nasty bits : collected varietal cuts, usable trim, scraps, and bones / Anthony Bourdain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourdain, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.

Summary:

The good, the bad, and the ugly, served up Bourdain-style. Bestselling chef and "No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain has never been one to pull punches. In "The Nasty Bits, he serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, revealing what you didn't want to know about the more unglamorous aspects of making television, calling for the head of raw food activist Woody Harrelson, or confessing to lobster-killing guilt, Bourdain is as entertaining as ever. Bringing together the best of his previously uncollected nonfiction--and including new, never-before-published material--"The Nasty Bits is a rude, funny, brutal and passionate stew for fans and the uninitiated alike.

Contents:

Salty

System D 3

The Evildoers 12

A Commencement Address Nobody Asked For 18

Food and Loathing in Las Vegas 22

Are You a Crip or a Blood? 37

Viva Mexico! Viva Ecuador! 42

Counter Culture 47

A Life of Crime 55

Advanced Courses 64

Sweet

Name Dropping Down Under 69

My Manhattan 75

Hard-core 81

When the Cooking's Over (Turn Out the Lights, Turn Out the Lights) 86

The Cook's Companions 95

China Syndrome 102

No Shoes 106

The Love Boat 109

Sour

Is Celebrity Killing the Great Chefs? 125

What You Didn't Want to Know About Making Food Television 131

Warning Signs 136

Madness in Crescent City 140

A View from the Fridge 143

Notes from the Road 149

The Dive 154

Bitter

A Drinking Problem 163

Woody Harrelson: Culinary Muse 166

Is Anybody Home? 171

Bottoming Out 176

Food Terrorists 179

Sleaze Gone By 183

Umami

Pure and Uncut Luxury 191

The Hungry American 195

Decoding Ferran Adria 203

Brazilian Beach-Blanket Bingo 211

The Old, Good Stuff 224

Die, Die Must Try 231

A Taste of Fiction

A Chef's Christmas 241.

ISBN:

1582344515

OCLC:

62341508

Publisher Number:

9781582344515

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