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The Nasty Bits

Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
Sep 24, 2018SCL_Justin rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Since his death I've been catching up on the writing and television Anthony Bourdain created, mostly to see why so many people I respect were so affected by his suicide. This collection of previously-published essays is a good example of the bridge between Kitchen Confidential (which is a brash young man book) and the more political and not necessarily cooking focused of his work in Parts Unknown. There is some personal stuff in there, the story about the cliff dive is a bit more chilling after his suicide, but on the whole it is more about the idea of food than the people who make the food. Medium Raw is a bit more of a late-period Bourdain book if that is what you prefer.