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there’s a starter pack for that! here it is! i made it! i can use this interest for good! tried to include a solid variety of the books he wrote/co-wrote, + an oral biography about him and a memoir by someone else about working on one of his shows. didn’t include sequels (such as Gone Bamboo), didn’t include collections of previously published work (such as The Anthony Bourdain Reader and The Nasty Bits). happy reading!

Books I want to read to keep the way I see the world anthropological because anthropology is everything and everywhere.

Memoirs by Contestants, Judges, and Hosts of Top Chef (USA). Only adding cookbooks that have a focus on story/history (for instance Carla Hall's Soul Food has a beautiful introduction, but not enough to make it a memoir). Open to suggestions and folks I may have missed! Bon appétit!

Keywords: cooking, baking, kitchen, bravo