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Anthony Bourdain became a father in 2007, and this book is the food he cooked at home for his daughter and for friends. It was published in 2016, written with his long-time assistant Laurie Woolever, and the tone is considerably warmer than in Kitchen Confidential.
The contents follow accordingly. Roast chicken, mac and cheese, sandwiches, hangover breakfasts and an entire chapter on how to cook Thanksgiving dinner properly, complete with a timetable. There are also sections on cooking for 40 people without losing your mind, plus Vietnamese and Korean dishes he brought home from his travels.
The cover and illustrations are by Ralph Steadman, the same artist who illustrated Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That is no coincidence, Bourdain saw himself in that tradition.
He died in 2018, two years after the book was published, which inevitably colours the reading of a book about cooking for your family.
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 304
Language: English
First published: 2016
