Books like kitchen confidential

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbellyis aNew York Timesbestselling non-fiction book written by American chef Anthony Bourdain, first published in 2000. In 2018, It topped the New York Times non-fiction paperback and non-fiction combined e-book & print lists.

In 1999, Bourdain's essay "Don't Eat Before Reading This" was published in the New Yorker. This served as the foundation forKitchen Confidential.

Released in 2000, the book is both Bourdain's professional memoir and a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant kitchens. The book is known for its treatment of the professional culinary industry, which he describes as an intense, unpleasant, and sometimes hazardous workplace staffed by who he describes as misfits. Bourdain believes that the workplace is not for hobbyists and that anyone entering the industry without a masochistic, irrational dedication to cooking will be deterred.