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Kitchen Confidential: 25th Anniversary Edition - Anthony Bourdain $19.85 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Amazon AU

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Before food became content, Anthony Bourdain wrote about the smoke, burns, chaos, loneliness, and camaraderie underneath it all. Kitchen Confidential reminded people that real life was messy, human, imperfect - and far more interesting than performance
Bourdain belonged to a disappearing world - one of dive bars, paperback guidebooks, kitchen pirates, long conversations, strange music, cheap train rides, and discovering places before algorithms discovered them for you. That’s why his work still hurts a little to revisit. It reminds people of a slower, more soulful world they fear might be fading.
Watching documentaries like Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - and now even the upcoming biopic Tony - you realize people weren’t drawn to Bourdain because he was polished. They were drawn to him because he stayed curious, flawed, restless, and deeply human in a world increasingly obsessed with image and performance.

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  • thecloudking on 07/05/2026 - 15:44

    i'll just wait for the movie

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    • jv on 07/05/2026 - 15:53

      Who do you think will play him?

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      • the-fuzz on 07/05/2026 - 16:19

        Probably Dominic Sessa…….

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      • thecloudking on 07/05/2026 - 22:37

        They already got Dominic Sessa

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    • uavaus on 08/05/2026 - 15:09

      They already made a sitcom with the same title in 2005.

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  • jv on 07/05/2026 - 15:53

    Is that a machete in the photo?

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    • freefall101 on 07/05/2026 - 16:55

      Cool down, kitchen knives are exempt from the machete ban.

      But back in the day I knew a few chefs, one who used to keep his knives in the car for "protection" (lived in a dodgy area), because even back then it was illegal to just roam around with a large knife. He kept a chef's hat in the car as well so, if he was ever pulled over, he could talk his way out of it.

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  • flexb on 07/05/2026 - 16:15

    great book

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  • the-fuzz on 07/05/2026 - 16:19

    Great book - especially if you are a chef or have worked in commercial kitchens

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  • GardenGnome on 07/05/2026 - 16:24

    RIP Anthony. Your intelligence, wit and humor are deeply missed. You should have just relocated to one the countries you loved, sad you didn't do that.

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    • jv on 08/05/2026 - 01:57

      You should have just relocated to one the countries you loved

      Russia?

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      • GardenGnome on 08/05/2026 - 10:19

        Nah, there are a few you could tell he loved and adored the people. If you know you know!

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  • Aretwo on 07/05/2026 - 16:26

    This that one guy???

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  • tete on 07/05/2026 - 18:58

    He wrote a very interesting book about typhoid Mary. Worth checking out. Typhoid Mary was a cook and proved quite a continuous consternation to New York health authorities of the time. RIP Anthony.

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  • Krayzii on 07/05/2026 - 21:56

    Thanks OP, got one. I have listened to the audiobook 2x but paperback is even better

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  • keeperofthegood on 08/05/2026 - 14:25

    Good recommendation. I've just put a reserve on this one at my local library and look forward to reading it. Cheers!

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