What is really creepy is that I went through my bookshelves yesterday evening, took Bourdain's book 'Kitchen Confidential' out and decided that I probably wouldn't want to read it again, and decided to give it to a charity bookstore. WTH.
I had a copy of it too. Someone bought it for me to convince me not to invest in a restaurant. That's the only positive thing I can say about AB. He "talked" me out of what would assuredly been a disaster.
“Strangely perhaps, there’s another profession that is disproportionately hallowed as an empire declines. The Romans, the Ottomans, and the Spanish all made celebrities of their chefs.”
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think- ago
What is really creepy is that I went through my bookshelves yesterday evening, took Bourdain's book 'Kitchen Confidential' out and decided that I probably wouldn't want to read it again, and decided to give it to a charity bookstore. WTH.
@Vindicator
Blacksmith21 ago
I had a copy of it too. Someone bought it for me to convince me not to invest in a restaurant. That's the only positive thing I can say about AB. He "talked" me out of what would assuredly been a disaster.
think- ago
LOL.
Vindicator ago
All those obese or overly-slick celebrity chefs turn my stomach the same way self-help gurus always do. They raise my hackles.
Blacksmith21 ago
I get the same feeling from most religious leaders.
LightlyToasted ago
“Strangely perhaps, there’s another profession that is disproportionately hallowed as an empire declines. The Romans, the Ottomans, and the Spanish all made celebrities of their chefs.”
https://barnabyisright.com/2013/03/30/why-celebrity-chefs-herald-the-end-of-empire/
think- ago
Interesting quote, lol.
Vindicator ago
Interesting quote :-)
Chef idolization is just another sign a society has become completely enslaved to its vices, IMO.
think- ago
LOL. Yes. But at the time I found the book very interesting, since it gave me an idea about the work in a restaurant kitchen.
bopper ago
My wife used to watch him so I know, somewhat, who he is. Yeah that's weird.