内容简介

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don t Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker， he spared no one s appetite， revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential， he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny， delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex， drugs， and haute cuisine.From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center， from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village， from the mobsters to the rats， Bourdain s brilliantly written， wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter.

作者简介

安东尼·伯尔顿，纽约Brasserie Les Halles餐厅的执行厨师长，从事厨师职业28年，首部非小说类作品《厨室机密》风磨全球。安东尼尚著有小说《如鲠在喉》和《逝去的竹子》

精彩摘录

ANotefromtheChefFoodisgood*直到小学四年级以后，我才第一次发现原来食物绝不是在饥饿时让人们填饱肚子的东西-就像在加油站加油那样。*这碗汤是冷的。（Vichyssoise）*即使到了今天，当这道菜已经成为菜单上最常见的名字，而且我自己也亲手做过几千遍之后，这个名字对我来说，还是那么有吸引力。我至今还记得那次经历的每一个细节：侍者怎样用长柄汤勺从银质的汤罐里把汤舀到我的碗里；他用勺子把切碎的细香葱倒在汤里作为装饰时发出的悦耳的声音；韭菜和西红柿的香浓的味道；以及当我发现这种汤竟然是冷得时候的那种喜悦。（附上原版，和中文完全不同的细腻味道）"Vichyssoise"camethereply,awordthattothisday-eventhoughit'snowatiredoldwarhorseofamenuselectionandoneI'vepreparedthousandsoftimes-stillhasmagicalringtoit.Iremembereverythingabouttheexperience:thewayourwaiterladleditfromasilvertureenintomybowl;thecrunchoftinychoppedchiveshespoonedonasgarnish;therich,creamytasteofleekandpotato;thepleasureshock,thesurprisethatiswascold.

——引自第15页

Andinthatunforgettablysweetmomentinmypersonalhistory,thatonemomentstillmorealiveformethansomanyoftheother'firsts'whichfollowed-firstpussy,firstjoint,firstdayinhighschool,firstpubulishedbook,oranyotherthing-Iattainedglory.MonsieurSaint-Jourbeckonedmeovertothegunwale,whereheleanedover,reahceddownuntilhisheadnearlydisappearedunderwater,andemergedholdingasinglesilt-encrustedoyster,hugeandirregularlyshaped,inhisrough,clawlikefist.Withasnubby,rustcoverdoysterknife,hepoppedthethingopenandhandedittome,everyonewatchingnow,mylittlebrothershrinkingawayfromthisglistening,vaguelysexual-lookingobject,stilldrippingandnearlyalive.Itookitinmyhand,tiltedtheshellbackintomymouth...

——引自第16页