Bourdain Anthony - Medium Raw

“We did well tonight. We will go home proud.”

There are nods and half-smiles. A sigh. Maybe even a groan of relief.

Once again. We survived. We did well.

We’re still here.

Many thanks to Kim Witherspoon, Dan Halpern, Karen Rinaldi, Peter Meehan, Mandy Moser, Chris Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, the entire zeropointzero production and post-production crew, and the truly incredible Laurie Woolever.

Thanks, Tony Bourdain

ANTHONY BOURDAINis the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, in addition to the megabestseller Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour . His work has appeared in the New York Times and the New Yorker, and he is a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine. He is the host of the popular television show No Reservations .

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Nonfiction

Kitchen Confidential

A Cook’s Tour

Typhoid Mary

Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook

The Nasty Bits

No Reservations

Fiction

Bone in the Throat

Gone Bamboo

Bobby Gold

Jacket design by Allison Saltzman

Jacket photograph by Melanie Dunea/CPi

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