Bloomsbury USA
Available: 04/24/06
6.12 x 9.25 · 288 pages
978-1-58234-451-5
CDN $27.95 · cl

The Nasty Bits

Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

Anthony Bourdain

The good, the bad and the ugly is served up Bourdain-style. In The Nasty Bits, the bestselling author, chef and No Reservations host serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures.

Whether scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, revealing the unglamorous aspects of making television, calling for the head of raw food activist Woody Harrelson or confessing to lobster-killing guilt, Bourdain is as entertaining as ever. Bringing together the best of his previously uncollected nonfiction—and including new, never-before-published material—The Nasty Bits is a rude, funny, brutal and passionate stew.

“Bourdain [is] one of the country’s best food writers. His opinions are as strong as his language, and his tastes as infectious as his joy.” —New York Times Book Review

“Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois.” —New York magazine

Anthony Bourdain (New York City) is the author of seven books, including the bestselling Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour. He hosts No Reservations on the Discovery Channel and is executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan.