The Nasty Bits
Anthony Bourdain
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
Anthony Bourdain
Bloomsbury
Hardcover
288 pages
May 2006
rated 4 1/2 of 5 possible stars
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If there’s anything we girls like more than a ruggedly handsome bad boy, it’s a ruggedly handsome bad boy who can cook. And, if there’s anything we like more than a ruggedly handsome bad boy who can cook, it’s a ruggedly handsome bad boy who can cook and write. Perhaps that’s why I’ve long been smitten with Anthony Bourdain, the caustic, hilarious chef who burst onto the scene some time ago with the bracing tell-all Kitchen Confidential.”

Clearly, the man knows from food. But he isn’t some effete gourmand, delicately preparing a Bernaise sauce in a well-appointed kitchen to the strains of classical music. No, he’s a real man. A hard-rock loving, booze swilling, cursing man who isn’t afraid to tuck into some seal blubber with a family of Inuits or traverse Singapore looking for the best street food. The writer’s tireless desire for a good time and a good meal is on full display in The Nasty Bits, Bourdain’s latest collection of essays and articles (plus one piece of short fiction).

The pieces in this book are eclectic – bashing the fast-food industry, skewering the raw food craze, dissecting the cuisine of Brazil, Singapore and Las Vegas. Through it all, Bourdain’s wit and way with words are evident. Unlike the more conventionally “cultured” food writers, Bourdain is kind of exciting to read. He makes food seem dangerous. Perhaps that’s because almost all of his stories involve him getting drunk over some exotic dish in a foreign locale. But that’s what makes him great – his bravado and the lusty way he describes his world.

He’s great fun, and The Nasty Bits represents him at his very best.



Originally published on Curled Up With A Good Book at www.curledup.com. © Amanda Cuda, 2006

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