On the occasion of the excellent new film 'Tony', the Ringer reposted an old essay I wrote about the legacy of "Kitchen Confidential" and the early, formulative years of the man who would become an unlikely global ambassador. www.theringer.com/2020/07/14/p...
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Difficult Man: ‘Kitchen Confidential’ and the Early Days of Anthony Bourdain’s Legend
Bourdain’s incendiary industry tell-all was at once a colossal act of mythmaking and one of self-flagellation. Twenty years after its publication, and more than two years after his death, it feels jus...