Review of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain My 13-year-old son has become interested in reality TV shows focused on cooking. Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Top Chef, Is it Cake? and the like. He learned about Anthony Bourdain and asked if he could read his book, Kitchen Confidential….
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Review of the book Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind This book has been sitting on my shelf for many years. Brand new, untouched. A few months ago, while watching an interview with Kurt Cobain, he mentioned it was his favorite book and that he carried it everywhere with him. He also…
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Review of the book, “Pimp: The Story of My Life” by Iceberg Slim Most people have heard that pimpin’ ain’t easy, but have you ever wondered why? I had some basic assumptions, but other than what I’ve seen in movies I was oblivious to the struggle. After reading this book I’ve learned that pimpin’ is…
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Review of Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Travis Catsull I can’t remember where or why I bought this book. It’s 115 pages and in the first sitting I read half way through, then put it down for several weeks. The book bounced around in my bag while I…
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