{"product_id":"medium-raw-9781408809747","title":"Medium Raw","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAnthony Bourdain''s long-awaited sequel to \u003ci\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e, the worldwide bestseller\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrific ... his love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he''s a naturally engaging writer'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003eA lot has changed since \u003ci\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business - and for Anthony Bourdain.\u003ci\u003eMedium Raw \u003c\/i\u003eexplores these changes, moving back and forth from the author''s bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and drinker, Bourdain compares and contrasts what he''s seen and what he''s seeing, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' * Kathryn Hughes, Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e‘Terrific ... his love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings as it once did in Kitchen Confidential' * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e‘Bourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he's a naturally engaging writer ... [he] is a hopeless romantic when it comes to food and the people who cook' * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘Bourdain is a vivid, bawdy and often foul-mouthed writer. He thrills in the attack, but he is also an enthusiast who writes well about things he holds dear' * Wall Street Journal *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866811248983,"sku":"9781408809747","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408809747.jpg?v=1722280125","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medium-raw-9781408809747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}