>> i was in a cranky mood after my last restaurant closed and felt no reason not to tell the truth about a business i both love and have mixed emotions about. >> "kitchen confidential" is a memoir of tony's life in the kitchen and the salty adventures that he had with his cooks. it was kind of lawless. you know, a lot was broken as tony used to say. >> as the executive chef at les halles, he found success and a full-blown heroin addict at an early age. >> i had a dope problem, a cocaine problem. but by '88 i pretty much cleaned up my act. the dietary supplement that every chef needs, i take around ten of these a day. it's of an aspirin-tylenol mix called "crunchies." >> so you didn't fire him? >> i didn't fire him. i didn't know it was being written. i didn't know it was going to be