Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Year 2001
Pages 320
Binding Paperback

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Summary

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain is a book about food, cooking, or the kitchen. The copy shown here is 2001 • Harpercollins • 320 pages. So far, local readers have this at 4.06/5 across 2,428 local ratings.

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This book can be kept nearby and opened whenever you need an idea for the kitchen.

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