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

Anthony Bourdain

Harper Collins, Jun 8, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages

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.

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User Review  - schufman - LibraryThing

Without having read Kitchen Confidential, this book would mean a lot less (although still be awesome). As a reflection of what Bourdain is versus what he used to be, it's phenomenal.

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User Review  - KatherineGregg - LibraryThing

No longer cooking, Bourdain discusses with much humor the world of celebrity chefdom. The best part about the book is listening to the author read it.

Contents

• Selling Out: 1
• The Happy Ending: 19
• The Rich Eat Differently Than You and Me: 25
• Drink Alone: 43
• So You Wanna Be a Chef: 49
• Virtue: 59
• The Fear: 65
• Lust: 77
• Meat: 95
• Lower Education: 111
• Im Dancing: 117
• Go Ask Alice: 127
• Heroes and Villains: 143
• Alan Richman Is a Douchebag: 163
• I Lost on Top Chef: 179
• Its Not You Its Me: 191
• The Fury: 209
• My Aim Is True: 233
• The FishonMonday Thing: 253
• Still Here: 269
• Acknowledgments: 283

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
• Author: Anthony Bourdain
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 0061998060, 9780061998065
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Culinary; Cooking / Essays & Narratives; Cooking / Individual Chefs & Restaurants