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Kitchen ConfidentialBook

by Anthony Bourdain

Who uses, recommends or left Kitchen Confidential, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

1 person

Chef and entrepreneur; co-founder of Zip2, founder of The Kitchen restaurants and Big Green, and a Tesla board member.
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he wrote a book called Kitchen Confidential in the nineties. I was in cooking school at the time. It was so… He romanticized the cooking in the restaurant so well. His writing is great.

Lex Fridman Podcast #417, at (00:43:33); transcript published by the host.

2024-03-10·lexfridman.com ↗

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