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About Anthony Bourdain
Chef, author, and raconteur Anthony Bourdain is best known for traveling the globe on his TV show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Somewhat notoriously, he has established himself as a professional gadfly, bête noir, advocate, social critic, and pork enthusiast, recognized for his caustic sense of humor worldwide. He is as unsparing of those things he hates, as he is evangelical about his passions.
Bourdain is the author of the New York Times bestselling Kitchen Confidential and Medium Raw; A Cook’s Tour; the collection The Nasty Bits; the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo; the biography Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical; two graphic novels, Get Jiro! and Get Jiro!: Blood and Sushi and his latest New York Times bestselling cookbook Appetites. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times of London, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Vanity Fair, Lucky Peach and many other publications. In 2013, Bourdain launched his own publishing line with Ecco, Anthony Bourdain Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. He is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning docuseries Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN, and before that hosted Emmy award-winning No Reservations and The Layover on Travel Channel, and The Taste on ABC.
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Titles By Anthony Bourdain
Bourdain is the author of the New York Times bestselling Kitchen Confidential and Medium Raw; A Cook's Tour; the collection The Nasty Bits; the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo; the biography Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical; two graphic novels, Get Jiro! and Get Jiro!: Blood and Sushi and his latest New York Times bestselling cookbook Appetites. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times of London, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Vanity Fair, Lucky Peach and many other publications. In 2013, Bourdain launched his own publishing line with Ecco, Anthony Bourdain Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. He is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning docuseries Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN, and before that hosted Emmy award-winning No Reservations and The Layover on Travel Channel, and The Taste on ABC.
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On a dark, haunted night, a Russian oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller spins a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge.
Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food.
First course: With bad consequence, a ramen chef refuses to help a beggar, and a band of pirates get more (and less) than they were bargaining for after their encounter with a drowning woman turns ghastly.
Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the infamous author and chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster, back again from their New York Times #1 best seller, Get Jiro!). Joining them this issue are stellar artists Alberto Ponticelli and Vanesa Del Rey, with amazing color by Jose Villarrubia, and a drop-dead cover by Paul Pope
In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants, a bloody culinary war is raging.
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Anthony Bourdain, top chef, acclaimed writer (Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw) and star of the hit travel show, No Reservations, co-writes with Joel Rose (Kill Kill Faster Faster, The Blackest Bird) this stylized send-up of food culture and society, with detailed and dynamic art by Langdon Foss.
In a prequel to The New York Times best-selling comic from renowned chef Anthony Bourdain (CNN's Parts Unknown), Jiro is a young man learning his craft. The son of one of Tokyo's most powerful gangsters, he is torn between his father's plans for him and his own desire to master the art of sushi. The family is making a bold move in the Tokyo underworld, and if Jiro isn't going to get with the program, his half-brother Ichigo is more than happy to step in and do the dirty work.
This bloody take on a classic crime and revenge tale adds an irreverent sense of humor and a futuristic vision of foodie culture, all with a flavor only Anthony Bourdain can cook up. Co-written by Joel Rose (The Blackest Bird) with art by Alé Garza (Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day) and José Villarrubia (Promethea, BATMAN: YEAR 100).
Montags keine Meeresfrüchte! Das ist noch eine der harmloseren Gefahren, auf die Anthony Bourdain in seinen gnadenlosen, abgründig witzigen Memoiren hinweist. Von der Strandkneipe bis zum Nobelrestaurant hat er alles durchlebt, was diese wahrhaft heiße Szene zu bieten hat. Ein unvergesslicher Blick hinter die Küchentür und eine abenteuerliche Reise in die dunklen Gefilde der kulinarischen Welt.
World Travel recoge las experiencias vitales del chef en una entretenida, práctica, divertida, irreverente y honesta guía de viajes que ofrece al lector una inmersión a algunos de los sitios favoritos de Bourdain, en sus propias palabras. Con consejos imprescindibles sobre cómo llegar, dónde comer, dónde hospedarse y, en algunos casos, qué evitar, esta guía proporciona el contexto esencial que permitirá al lector apreciar por qué estos fascinantes e impresionantes destinos eran los rincones favoritos de Bourdain.
Sus palabras están acompañadas de testimonios de amigos, colegas y familiares que cuentan historias todavía más profundas y anécdotas sobre cada lugar, así como ilustraciones originales de sitios de interés, personajes locales y platos locales.
Para viajeros veteranos, turistas de sillón o exploradores a tiempo parcial, World Travel ofrece la oportunidad de experimentar y conocer el mundo como lo hizo el gran Anthony Bourdain.
Com doses iguais de perspicácia e maldade, o chef de cuisine e romancista faz o impensável: conta todos os segredos dos restaurantes, dos mais sórdidos aos mais divertidos, junto com as falcatruas e safadezas do negócio. Como contraponto, doses generosas de escândalo autobiográfico, em meio a drogas variadas e uma animada atividade sexual.
Uma blitz impiedosa nos restaurantes: eis como se pode resumir Cozinha confidencial. Chef de um dos bistrôs mais badalados de Manhattan, o Les Halles, Anthony Bourdain, que é também romancista, fez o impensável neste livro: com doses iguais de perspicácia, maldade e humor, contou todos os segredos da profissão, dos mais sórdidos aos mais divertidos, junto com as falcatruas e safadezas do negócio. Mas não só isso: dono de um interessantíssimo trajeto pessoal, é com prazer indisfarçável que ele aproveita para fazer também um pouco de escândalo autobiográfico.
Como escreve Nina Horta na orelha, "em meio a nuvens de fumaça de maconha, quantidades importantes de cocaína, outras várias drogas e uma animada atividade sexual, Bourdain mistura lembranças e comentários, com direito a mafiosos e Frank Sinatra, muito derramamento de sangue, bebedeiras gigantescas, pitadas de suspense e uma alegria atordoante no ar".
Enquanto expõe as entranhas dos restaurantes - de lavagem de dinheiro ao uso "criativo" de ingredientes com data de vencimento no limite -, Bourdain vai dando conselhos úteis. Restaurante com banheiro sujo, por exemplo, deve ser riscado sumariamente da lista. Banheiro é facílimo de lavar, ele lembra. Se estiver sujo, imagine a cozinha...
Er führte ein Millionenpublikum hinter die Fassade der Nobel Cuisine – und zeigte uns die infernalischen Abgründe der Gastronomie. Seine Küche im legendären „Les Halles” in New York City war von derselben Leidenschaft, Besessenheit und Kompromisslosigkeit durchströmt wie die Bücher, die ihn auch als Autor weltberühmt machten – allen voran »Geständnisse eines Küchenchefs«. Heute, ein Jahrzehnt später, sind ratgebende Starköche medienpräsenter als schaumschlagende Politiker. Das Kochen ist vom Handwerk zum Hobby und schließlich zur Lifestyle-Rubrik mutiert – zur quotenheischenden Wohlfühlberieselung. In seinem neuen Buch rechnet Anthony Bourdain mit diesem „Imperium der Mittelmäßigkeit” ab und erinnert daran, was in einer Küche fließen muss. Nicht Balsamicoreduktion, sondern Blut, Schweiß und Tränen. Mit 28 Jahren Berufserfahrung in den härtesten Küchen der Welt, der Zen-Weisheit eines Lebenskünstlers und dem ungetrübten Blick eines Outlaws gibt Bourdain schnörkellose Antworten auf brennende Fragen. Warum bezahlen die reichsten Menschen der Welt verlässlich Unsummen für den schlechtesten Fraß? Warum machen die renommiertesten Köche Werbung für den größten Schrott? Was muss jeder Mensch kochen können, um als mündiger Bürger durchzugehen? Anthony Bourdains Aufruf für eine neue Küche ist denkbar einfach: weniger Bullshit, mehr Genuss!
El prestigioso chef de la mítica Brasserie Les Halles de Nueva York concentra más de cuarenta años de oficio profesional y el conocimiento adquirido en sus viajes por todo el mundo para construir en este libro un repertorio de los platos que según él todos deberíamos conocer y saber cocinar. Escrito al más puro estilo incorrecto que tanto le caracteriza y con un gran sentido del humor, las recetas están pensadas para que puedan prepararse en casa sin problema y para impresionar a los invitados.