No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach

Name: No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
Brand: Bloomsbury USA
SKU: SP-9781596914476
Price: 45.00 USD
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Marc Notes:
Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2007.

Brief Description:
An illustrated, behind-the-scenes travel journal of the beloved chef's global adventures.

Biographical Note:
Chef and author Anthony Bourdain wrote the New York Times bestselling memoirs Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, and A Cook's Tour; the collection The Nasty Bits; the novels Bone in the Throat, The Bobby Gold Stories, and Gone Bamboo; the biography Typhoid Mary; and the cookbooks Appetites and Les Halles Cookbook. A thirty-year veteran of professional kitchens, he was the host of No Reservations on the Travel Channel and Parts Unknown on CNN, and was the executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan.

Review Quotes:

"Bourdain is one of the country's best food writers . . . His opinions are as strong as his language, and his tastes as infectious as his joy." --New York Times Book Review

"In addition to being an authority on kitchen scandals, Bourdain is now an expert eater, top-notch journalist, storied cultural ambassador and professional airline passenger. He's the rebel outsider with insider access." -- Playboy

"[Bourdain writes] the kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages." -- New York Magazine

"Zany antics aside, No Reservations amply reflects Bourdain's search for the heart and soul of humanity-and, of course, the ultimate roast pig." -- BookPage

"More than leftovers of his show . . . this is a fresh, satisfying meal . . . with lavish new photos and commentary." -- Booklist

Publisher Marketing:

An illustrated, behind-the-scenes travel journal of the beloved chef's global adventures.

More than just a companion to the hugely popular Travel Channel show, No Reservations is Bourdain's fully illustrated journal of his far-flung travels. The book traces his trips from New Zealand to New Jersey and everywhere in between, mixing beautiful, never-before-seen photos and mementos with Bourdain's outrageous commentary on what really happens when you give a bad-boy chef an open ticket to the world.

Want to know where to get good fatty crab in Rangoon? How to order your reindeer medium rare? How to tell a Frenchman that his baguette is invading your personal space? This is your book. For any Bourdain fan, this is an indispensable opportunity to hit the road with the man himself.

Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 10/01/2007 pg. 52 (EAN 9781596914476, Hardcover)
Booklist 09/15/2007 pg. 23 (EAN 9781596914476, Hardcover)
Entertainment Weekly 11/16/2007 pg. 80 (EAN 9781596914476, Hardcover)
Library Journal 03/01/2008 pg. 101 (EAN 9781596914476, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Bourdain, Anthony
Anthony Bourdain was the New York Times-bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, which sold over a million copies, Medium Raw, A Cook's Tour and The Nasty Bits, the cookbooks Appetites and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, 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.