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‘The Kitchen Confidential’ — a look inside the culinary industry by Anthony Bourdain

Charlie Kenney | Thursday, September 13, 2018

This past June, just weeks after his death, I read Anthony Bourdain’s breakthrough book from 2000, “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.” The manner in which I did so, admittedly, is not the most respectable way that I could have gone about it. The way I dove into Bourdain’s book is the same way

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Remembering my friend, Anthony Bourdain

Carlos De Loera | Thursday, August 30, 2018

On June 8 it was reported that master storyteller, chef and TV show host Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in his hotel room in France while on location for his CNN show “Parts Unknown.” The nature of his death came as a surprise to many, especially those who viewed his life as idyllic, and it’s hard