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KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL DELUXE EDITION – ADVENTURES IN THE CULINARY UNDERBELLY

Anthony Bourdain

BOURDAIN, former host of Parts Unknown, revealed “25 years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine” 18 years ago in his breakout New York Times bestseller, Kitchen Confidential.

In the wake of his suicide in June, his publishers have decided to publish a new edition of the book with a new introduction, a Q&A with Ecco publisher and Bourdain’s long-time editor Daniel Halpern and a new drawing by Ralph Steadman

From Bourdain’s first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he witnesses for the first time the real delights of being a chef), from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Centre to drug dealers in the east village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable.

Kitchen Confidential will make your mouth water while your belly aches with laughter. You’ll beg the chef for more. (R282)

SHOE DOG – A MEMOIR BY THE CREATOR OF NIKE

(Paperback) Phil Knight

“AN HONEST reminder of what the path to business success really looks like… It’s an amazing tale”, says Bill Gates.

“The best book I read last year was Shoe Dog, by Nike’s Phil Knight. Phil is a very wise, intelligent and competitive fellow who is also a gifted storyteller,” says Warren Buffett.

In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling them from the boot of his Plymouth, Knight grossed $8 000 in his first year.

Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion (R435.2bn). In an age of start-ups, Nike is the ultimate of all start-ups, and has become a revolutionary globespanning icon in the world today. (R150)