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

Anthony Bourdain

Jun 2010 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, Alice Waters, the Top Chef winners and losers, and many more. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business, it could have been Medium Raw.

Ratings and reviews

From the eyes of a restaurant worker at an anomaly of a joint producing far more than should be concievable from a space in a gas stationI understand and agree with everything Anthony says here. Every restaurant worker should read this. It will either confirm what you already know or put the nail in the forthcoming coffin you did not see coming. It can change your viewpoint when you think you are at the end of your career or when you need renewal. This book is gold.

Kitchen Confidential is a classic that was able to transcend the culture of cooking and food to speak to a general audience. Maybe it's not fair to compare, but Medium Raw is more for those in the in industry, and while a good read, is not destined to be in the same category...entertaining and very funny in some parts. I recommend it.

I love Tony's unapologetic attitude, this book however is full of apologies. I guess we all get nicer as we get older, but I like the angry stories to stay angry. The person does not need to and I am glad he is happier, but the old stories are great... Let them be great and full as read in their time.

About the author

Anthony Bourdain was the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, the memoir A Cook’s Tour, and the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, and Appetites. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.