![]() ![]() The precursor to “Kitchen Confidential” was a 1999 New Yorker article titled “ Don’t Eat Before Reading This.”ĭavid Remnick, the New Yorker’s top editor, said in a tribute podcast posted Friday that a draft of the piece wound up in the hands of his wife, Esther Fein, a journalist who worked at the New York Times where Bourdain’s mother was a longtime editor. Journalists, friends and admirers of Bourdain shared some of their thoughts about his transformational book on Twitter Friday. Related: CNN’s Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 He has hosted “Parts Unknown” on CNN since 2013, and he was in France filming for the series when he died. ![]() ![]() The book is widely considered the launchpad for Bourdain’s career in the public eye, taking him from grueling hours in New York restaurants to acclaimed television host, writer and world traveler. It moved into the number 1 spot, up thousands of spots from just 24 hours earlier, according to Friday afternoon data from Amazon. ![]() Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Īnthony Bourdain’s 18-year-old memoir about the seedy secrets of restaurant kitchens has shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list following news that the chef and television host took his own life Friday.Ī paperback version of “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” overtook former president Bill Clinton’s new novel. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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