{"product_id":"medium-raw-9781408809747","title":"Medium Raw : A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook","description":"\u003cp\u003e'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Terrific ... His love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Bourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he's a naturally engaging writer' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA \u0026amp; EMILIA JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Bourdain's long-awaited sequel to Kitchen Confidential , the worldwide bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business, and for Anthony Bourdain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and drinker, Bourdain compares and contrasts what he's seen and what he's seeing, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd always he returns to the question: ‘Why cook?' Or the harder one to answer: ‘Why cook well ?' Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs he compares to a Mafia summit, Bourdain, in his distinctive no-holds-barred style, cuts to the bone on every subject he tackles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs, Cookery \/ food \u0026amp; drink etc\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 Jun 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anthony Bourdain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320505049466,"sku":"9781408809747","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781408809747.jpg?v=1790655584","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/medium-raw-9781408809747","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}