Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbooks, Food & Wine

A decade after Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain looks at how the food world and his own life have changed. In a series of essays, Bourdain writes about fame, fatherhood, celebrity chefs, food critics and the industrial food system. He praises chefs he admires, such as Fergus Henderson and David Chang, and attacks those he does not. He also tells the story of Justo Thomas, the fish butcher at Le Bernardin, as an example of quiet mastery.