從主廚、作家到專業美食玩家,波登如何看待人生的不同面貌?
對於當今廚藝界的生態與爭議人物,又有什麼見解?
波登以猛烈的自白與批判,深入探索廚藝、食物與人生的核心
毫無保留,火力全開!
十年前經典的《廚房機密檔案》問世,除了提醒我們外出用餐的注意事項和潛在危機(從週一不新鮮的魚到回收再利用的麵包),也讓波登一舉成為全球知名作家。這十年來,廚藝界的文化、生態,以及波登本人都有了不少改變。
波登在《半生不熟》這本半自傳作品中探索十年來的轉變,在過往歲月與當今廚界生態間來回穿梭,回憶從廚師變成行遍天下美食玩家的奇特經歷;在這段期間,他甚至升格成為人父。
波登剖析他的所見所聞,不時穿插自白、批判與調查,並以其犀利的筆觸,點評或質問美食界鼎鼎大名的人物,包括名廚傑米.奧利佛(Jamie Oliver)、顛覆精緻美食界的年輕主廚張戴維(David Chang)、備受推崇的「慢食之母」愛莉絲.華特斯(Alice Waters)、《頂尖主廚大對決》(Top Chef)的贏家和輸家等,甚至專闢篇章批判他心目中的「混蛋食評家」亞倫.瑞奇曼(Alan Richman)。
波登總是不時反問「何必煮呢?」或者「何必煮好呢?」這類牽涉美食核心的根本議題。在他辛辣的直率筆鋒下,蘊藏的其實是熱切而真誠的、對美食感動人心之力量的信仰。《半生不熟》以妙趣橫生的精彩敘述,帶領我們一窺廚藝界的樣貌,並重新思考人生與食物的意義。不論是老饕或門外漢,都能讀得津津有味,興致盎然。
A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business-and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and drinker, Bourdain compares and contrasts what he's seen and what he's seeing, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. And always he returns to the question: ‘Why cook?' Or the harder one to answer: ‘Why cook well?' Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs he compares to a Mafia summit, Bourdain, in his distinctive, no-holds-barred style, cuts to the bone on every subject he tackles.
★本書中譯版《安東尼波登.半生不熟:關於廚藝與人生的真實告白》由財信出版。
作者簡介
安東尼.波登Anthony Bourdain
主廚.作家.專業美食玩家
*旅遊生活頻道《波登不設限》節目主持人
*曾任紐約知名法式餐廳「中央市場」(Les Halles)主廚
著有犯罪小說《如鯁在喉》(Bone in the Throat)、《逝竹》(Gone Bamboo),以揭發廚藝界內幕的《廚房機密檔案》(Kitchen Confidential)聞名於世。另有《名廚吃四方》(A Cook’s Tour)、《胡亂吃一通》(The Nasty Bits)、《波登不設限》(No Reservations)等超級暢銷書。其文散見於《紐約時報》(New York Times)和《紐約客》(New Yorker),同時也是《食藝》(Food Arts)雜誌的特約專家
Anthony Bourdain's books include the mega-bestseller Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. His work has appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker, and he is a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine. He is also the host of the Emmy Award-winning television show No Reservations.