[Jim]

Any chef worth his/her salt will share several experiences with Mr. Bouradain. I, for one, would love to have the opportunity for the rest of the world to see what really happens in the kitchen. What better way than on the big screen? Let's face it, Kitchen Confidential is a book anyone of us would have loved to write. Good for Mr. Bouradain for beating us to it and doing it **** well.

[QJWIN]

Sounds fair to me.

[Anneke]

THB: where's your websight? Now I'm really curious; it must be something else.....

[thebighat]

Here's a link to the text in question....click here

This is the problem with written communications..there's no inflection. If I had SAID what I wrote, I think most of us would be able to recognize hyperbole, exaggeration and so on. But the written word gets taken exactly. Anyway, if M. Bourdain was offended, I apologize. (And Ms. Reichl) If anyone wants to take a look at the text I posted several years ago in my web site, there's the link. I took the page out of context, you can't get to the rest of the site from there, but the site is listed in any number of search engines and linked from other culinary sites. I put it up just to see if I could, it began as a joke, and pretty much remains one, but there is a lot of info there.

[QJWIN]

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This is the problem with written communications..there's no inflection. If I had SAID what I wrote, I think most of us would be able to recognize hyperbole, exaggeration and so on. But the written word gets taken exactly. Anyway, if M. Bourdain was offended, I apologize.

Consider the hatchet buried, bro'...As a chronic hyperbole addict, I empathize completely with the above. Rest assured my faux-blistering response was also something less than entirely serious.
Last thing I want to do is make less than nice with a fellow chef--especially one from the Cape. See you at the bar. I'm buying.

respects, Anthony Bourdain

[thebighat]

Whew....thanks

[cape chef]

Just a little side note that I think you may enjoy.

How I decided on my name "Cape Chef"

Me and my family have a little cottage on the bay in eastham Mass.

Two summers ago my Sister in law gave me Kitchen confidentials to read on the cape. I loved the book and all the stuff about P Town. It was kinda cool being so close to where the book was refering.
when I returned home to CT I became a member of cheftalk because I read the Anthony B was going to be the first Chef live on cheftalk in a chat. So I needed a name and since I read the book on the cape and Anthony B worked on the Cape, I decided to become " Cape Chef"

Funny, But I owe it all to Kitchen confidentials
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[Olive Branch]

My husband bought me Kitchen Confidential for Christmas and it did more for our love life than any perfume or lingerie that ever preceded it! And you are funny to boot. Thank you, Chef Bourdain.

Love ~ Debbie

[Anneke]

"Next on Oprah: How Anthony Bourdain is improving sex lives accross America!"

I shudder at the thought....!!

[momoreg]

That's funny.

[Kimmie]

I second that!

Cute story, cc

[W.DeBord]

I'm so glad to hear the story of your name cape chef....it's had me wondering ever since I becan visiting this site. I had this image of this dark mysterious man "the great caped chef", like a masked bandit (or zorro) image going thru my head each time I read your name. And you seem so pleasant.....

Whew, what a difference.

[Isa]

And I thought you were a masked kitchen super hero, flying through the world to prevent sauces to be spoiled, roasts to be burned.


What a disappointment.

[cape chef]

Isa,

That was my evil twin ,Remember him?
I took care of him a long time ago

Wendy..Thats funny
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[kokopuffs]

I sort of wondered who the actual person is behind the iron mask.