Really looking forward to making few more recipes from here. I made the tomato salad for a friend lunch and everyone loved it. I'm lucky to grow tomatoes so that worked out well. I'm looking forward to making the meatloaf and the chili! ( )

Bourdain is what the British would call a 'marmite' character - either you love him or you hate him (or his persona at least). I love him - have since I first read 'Kitchen Confidential' 15 years ago, did all through my time of being a vegan, continue to do so while now watching his TV shows. Despite the fact I rarely cook recipes from cookbooks anymore, I still seem to buy them now and then and when I found out about this one I had to have it.

Even if like me you don't actually use the recipes in cookbooks much, this still has a lot going for it (though the recipes seem good). The photography/food styling is good, though occasionally bordering on the too hip/ironic for my tastes. What makes this book is Bourdain's commentary. He has a way of writing that just appeals to me - the sweary IDGAF-what-you-care-but-I-do-care-about-food-but-really-let's-not-get-hung-up-on-it-too-much style I guess you could call it.
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Go make the Sunday Gravy with Sausage and Rigatoni right now. ( )

If you have watched any of his shows then you will be hearing him in your head while you read and use this cookbook. I liked how the recipes are set up with some having hints and tips before the actual measurements and some after. It feels more like a friend telling you how to do things instead of just measurements and directions with the pictures. There are lots of great photos in the book and not just the typical food shots you would expect to find. But I have to say the last photo in the book made me laugh at loud. I’ll try out a few of these recipes but I think a few I would have to try while going out to eat before I attempted it at home.

Overall a great book and I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy of the book.


Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss.
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I bought this cookbook for well, many reasons. One, I miss Anthony Bourdain, two, The Tasting Table Cookbook Club on Facebook is using this cookbook this month for us to try recipes and post our results and pictures of our meals. I love this page, don't post a lot of the meals I make, but I have found wonderful, honest cooks there, and so enjoy knowing a few of the cookbooks they suggest I have had for decades! ( )