what actually happens to my physical remains is of zero interest to me. i don t want anybody seeing my body. i don t want anybody i don t want a party. reported dead. unless they can provide entertainment value in a perverse or subversive way. i mean, if you could throw me into a wood chirp, spray me into har rod s in the middle of the rush hour, that would be pretty epic. i wouldn t being mind being remembered in that way. one, two, three four five six with the radio on i m in love with massachusetts and the neon when it s cold outside and the highway when it s late at night with the radio on what the [ muted ] am i doing here? i shall explain. one minute i was standing next though a deep fryer. the next, i was watching the sunset over the sahara. i realize that one thing led directly to the other. had i not taken a dead-end dish washing job, i would not have become a cook. had i not become a cook, i would never have become a chef. had i not bec
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
la el, he found success in a full blown heroin addict at an early age. i had a dope problem, a cocaine problem. 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 published. one day i arrived at the restaurant and i said what happened? you re [ muted ] kidding me. i was told today i guess the 12th of this month it will be number 7 on the times best-seller list. it was on 20 wasn t it. i m getting congratulatory calls and telling me i have a best seller. it s scary. very exciting.
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involved a lot of love and have mixed emotions about. kitchen confidential is a memoire of tony s life in the kitchen and the salty adventures he had with his cooks, it was kind of lawless, you know, a lot was broken as tony used to say. mr. bourdain executive chef, found success and a full blown heroine addict at early age. i had a dope problem, cocaine problem, but by 88 i pretty much cleaned up my act. the dietary supplement every chef needs, i take around 10 of these a day. it s an aspirin/tylenol mix. call it crunchies. let me take you on an emotional joy ride through our menu tonight, grilled salmon with so i sauce, kidneys, very good by the way those of you into water