🍺 Beer And Brewing

Explorations of the art and science of brewing, from grain to glass. Readers come for the craft, the culture, and the deep human history fermented into every pint.

The Craft Beer Revolution

by Steve Hindy • 2014

How a band of homebrewers took on the beer giants and rebuilt what America drinks.

3.74

256

🍺 Beer History 🥖 Artisanal Food Movements 🏭 Industry Disruption

The Craft Beer Revolution 91%

How a band of homebrewers took on the beer giants and rebuilt what America drinks.

by Steve Hindy 2014

3.74

256 ratings

🍺 Beer History 🥖 Artisanal Food Movements 🏭 Industry Disruption

Brewing Up a Business

by Sam Calagione • 2005

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

3.78

1k+

🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation

Brewing Up a Business 89%

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

by Sam Calagione 2005

3.78

1k+ ratings

🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation

Girly Drinks

by Mallory O'Meara • 2021

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

4.15

4k+

📜 Women'S History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol

Girly Drinks 88%

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

by Mallory O'Meara 2021

4.15

4k+ ratings

📜 Women'S History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol

The Bar Book

by Jeffrey Morgenthaler • 2014

Why your cocktail fails: the missing manual for ice, dilution, and the shake that saves it.

4.49

1k+

🍸 Mixology 🥃 Craft Cocktails 🧰 Cocktail Technique

The Bar Book 88%

Why your cocktail fails: the missing manual for ice, dilution, and the shake that saves it.

by Jeffrey Morgenthaler 2014

4.49

1k+ ratings

🍸 Mixology 🥃 Craft Cocktails 🧰 Cocktail Technique

The New Wine Rules

by Jon Bonne • 2017

Drink better wine for less money, skip the fake rules, and order like a pro.

3.86

1k+

🍷 Wine Appreciation 📗 Wine For Beginners 👃 Wine Tasting

The New Wine Rules 87%

Drink better wine for less money, skip the fake rules, and order like a pro.

by Jon Bonne 2017

3.86

1k+ ratings

🍷 Wine Appreciation 📗 Wine For Beginners 👃 Wine Tasting

Bourbon

by Fred Minnick • 2016

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

3.80

665

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era

Bourbon 87%

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

by Fred Minnick 2016

3.80

665 ratings

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era

Coffee Nerd

by Ruth Brown • 2014

A twenty-dollar brewer works fine. A twenty-dollar grinder ruins everything. The rules that matter.

3.83

224

☕ Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Brewing 🌊 Third Wave Coffee

Coffee Nerd 87%

A twenty-dollar brewer works fine. A twenty-dollar grinder ruins everything. The rules that matter.

by Ruth Brown 2014

3.83

224 ratings

☕ Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Brewing 🌊 Third Wave Coffee

Whiskey Distilled

by Heather Greene • 2014

Unlock vanilla, smoke, and spice your tongue misses. The nose-first method for tasting whiskey.

4.23

360

🥃 Whiskey Appreciation 👃 Sensory Tasting 🍸 Whiskey Cocktails

Whiskey Distilled 87%

Unlock vanilla, smoke, and spice your tongue misses. The nose-first method for tasting whiskey.

by Heather Greene 2014

4.23

360 ratings

🥃 Whiskey Appreciation 👃 Sensory Tasting 🍸 Whiskey Cocktails

Drunk

by Edward Slingerland • 2021

Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.

3.81

3k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🍺 History Of Alcohol 🌍 Cultural Evolution

Drunk 87%

Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.

by Edward Slingerland 2021

3.81

3k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🍺 History Of Alcohol 🌍 Cultural Evolution

Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know

by Candace Rose Rardon • 2020

A pocket guide to tea: six families, five millennia of ritual, and getting every cup right.

4.04

274

🍵 Tea Culture 📜 Food History 🫖 Brewing Guides

Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know Summary

Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know 87%

A pocket guide to tea: six families, five millennia of ritual, and getting every cup right.

by Candace Rose Rardon 2020

4.04

274 ratings

🍵 Tea Culture 📜 Food History 🫖 Brewing Guides

Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know

by Candace Rose Rardon • 2021

Your morning coffee traveled the globe and shaped economies. The pocket guide to what you missed.

4.27

194

☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🫗 Brewing Guides

Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know Summary

Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know 86%

Your morning coffee traveled the globe and shaped economies. The pocket guide to what you missed.

by Candace Rose Rardon 2021

4.27

194 ratings

☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🫗 Brewing Guides

Liquid Intelligence

by Dave Arnold • 2014

A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.

4.50

1k+

🧪 Molecular Gastronomy 🍸 Mixology 🛠️ Bartending Techniques

Liquid Intelligence 86%

A lab manual for the perfect cocktail: apply physics and chemistry to ice, carbonation, and flavor.

by Dave Arnold 2014

4.50

1k+ ratings

🧪 Molecular Gastronomy 🍸 Mixology 🛠️ Bartending Techniques

The Sourdough School

by Vanessa Kimbell • 2018

The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.

4.13

558

🍞 Artisan Baking 🫙 Wild Fermentation 🦠 Gut Health

The Sourdough School 86%

The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.

by Vanessa Kimbell 2018

4.13

558 ratings

🍞 Artisan Baking 🫙 Wild Fermentation 🦠 Gut Health

The Art of Fermentation

by Sandor Ellix Katz • 2012

Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.

4.43

5k+

🫙 Fermentation 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Gut Health

The Art of Fermentation 86%

Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.

by Sandor Ellix Katz 2012

4.43

5k+ ratings

🫙 Fermentation 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Gut Health

New World Sourdough

by Bryan Ford • 2020

Sourdough beyond the loaf: bagels, beignets, pan de coco, and trusting your hands.

4.18

733

🍞 Sourdough Baking 🥖 Artisan Bread 🦠 Natural Fermentation

New World Sourdough 86%

Sourdough beyond the loaf: bagels, beignets, pan de coco, and trusting your hands.

by Bryan Ford 2020

4.18

733 ratings

🍞 Sourdough Baking 🥖 Artisan Bread 🦠 Natural Fermentation

Sober Curious

by Ruby Warrington • 2018

A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.

3.59

5k+

🍷 Alcohol Culture 🌫️ Gray Area Drinking 🧘 Mindful Drinking

Sober Curious 86%

A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.

by Ruby Warrington 2018

3.59

5k+ ratings

🍷 Alcohol Culture 🌫️ Gray Area Drinking 🧘 Mindful Drinking

The Republic of Tea

by Mel Ziegler • 1992

One plane ride, a fax machine, and the unlikely birth of a tea republic.

3.79

316

📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🍵 Beverage Startups 🌿 Lifestyle Brands

The Republic of Tea 86%

One plane ride, a fax machine, and the unlikely birth of a tea republic.

by Mel Ziegler 1992

3.79

316 ratings

📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🍵 Beverage Startups 🌿 Lifestyle Brands

The Sober Girl Society Handbook

by Millie Gooch • 2021

Sobriety as a gain, not a loss: practical strategies for parties, dating, and life without alcohol.

4.14

2k+

🚫 Quit Lit 🧃 Alcohol-Free Living 💬 Sober Socializing

The Sober Girl Society Handbook 86%

Sobriety as a gain, not a loss: practical strategies for parties, dating, and life without alcohol.

by Millie Gooch 2021

4.14

2k+ ratings

🚫 Quit Lit 🧃 Alcohol-Free Living 💬 Sober Socializing

Fermentation for Beginners

by Drakes Press • 2013

Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.

3.88

341

🫙 Fermented Foods 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Probiotic Cooking

Fermentation for Beginners 86%

Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.

by Drakes Press 2013

3.88

341 ratings

🫙 Fermented Foods 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Probiotic Cooking

Coffee

by Kenneth Davids • 1976

Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.

3.98

130

☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Barista

Coffee 86%

Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.

by Kenneth Davids 1976

3.98

130 ratings

☕ Coffee Culture 🫘 Specialty Coffee 🏠 Home Barista

The World Atlas of Coffee

by James Hoffmann • 2014

Your coffee's flavor was decided thousands of miles ago. Here is where, how, and why.

4.39

4k+

🫘 Specialty Coffee 🌍 Coffee Origins ☕ Coffee Brewing

The World Atlas of Coffee 85%

Your coffee's flavor was decided thousands of miles ago. Here is where, how, and why.

by James Hoffmann 2014

4.39

4k+ ratings

🫘 Specialty Coffee 🌍 Coffee Origins ☕ Coffee Brewing

Raise the Bar

by Jon Taffer • 2013

The bar turnaround playbook: why reactions beat drinks, and what actually brings customers back.

3.94

771

🍸 Bar Management 🎨 Service Design 🔄 Business Turnarounds

Raise the Bar 85%

The bar turnaround playbook: why reactions beat drinks, and what actually brings customers back.

by Jon Taffer 2013

3.94

771 ratings

🍸 Bar Management 🎨 Service Design 🔄 Business Turnarounds

Quit Like a Woman

by Holly Whitaker • 2019

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

3.98

31k+

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing

Quit Like a Woman 85%

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

by Holly Whitaker 2019

3.98

31k+ ratings

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing

Restaurant Man

by Joe Bastianich • 2012

Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.

3.66

1k+

🍽️ Restaurant Business 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🏨 Hospitality Industry

Restaurant Man 85%

Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.

by Joe Bastianich 2012

3.66

1k+ ratings

🍽️ Restaurant Business 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🏨 Hospitality Industry

Drink?

by David J. Nutt • 2020

Seven drinks cost you 30 minutes. A neuroscientist explains the damage and why no level is safe.

4.04

3k+

🍸 Alcohol Science 🏥 Public Health 🧠 Neuropharmacology

Drink? 85%

Seven drinks cost you 30 minutes. A neuroscientist explains the damage and why no level is safe.

by David J. Nutt 2020

4.04

3k+ ratings

🍸 Alcohol Science 🏥 Public Health 🧠 Neuropharmacology

Run With the Hunted

by Charles Bukowski • 1994

Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.

4.26

5k+

🚬 Dirty Realism ✍️ Autobiographical Fiction 🍺 Hard Drinking Writer

Run With the Hunted 85%

Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.

by Charles Bukowski 1994

4.26

5k+ ratings

🚬 Dirty Realism ✍️ Autobiographical Fiction 🍺 Hard Drinking Writer

Hotel Babylon

by Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

3.62

3k+

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Hotel Babylon 85%

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

by Anonymous 2004

3.62

3k+ ratings

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Love & Whiskey

by Fawn Weaver • 2024

Jack Daniel's teacher was enslaved. One woman uncovered his story and built a whiskey empire.

3.87

2k+

🔍 Hidden Black History 🍽️ Southern Foodways 🥃 American Whiskey

Love & Whiskey 85%

Jack Daniel's teacher was enslaved. One woman uncovered his story and built a whiskey empire.

by Fawn Weaver 2024

3.87

2k+ ratings

🔍 Hidden Black History 🍽️ Southern Foodways 🥃 American Whiskey

Salt

by Mark Kurlansky • 2002

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

3.75

77k+

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

Salt 85%

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

by Mark Kurlansky 2002

3.75

77k+ ratings

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

How to Make Bread

by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou • 2011

Master the science behind flour and water, and transform your kitchen into an artisan bakery.

4.38

182

🍞 Bread Baking 🫙 Sourdough 🥐 Pastry Making

How to Make Bread 85%

Master the science behind flour and water, and transform your kitchen into an artisan bakery.

by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou 2011

4.38

182 ratings

🍞 Bread Baking 🫙 Sourdough 🥐 Pastry Making

On Drinking

by Charles Bukowski • 2019

The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.

3.87

2k+

🍺 Drunken Confessional 📓 Autobiographical Poetry 🚪 Literary Outsider

On Drinking 85%

The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.

by Charles Bukowski 2019

3.87

2k+ ratings

🍺 Drunken Confessional 📓 Autobiographical Poetry 🚪 Literary Outsider

Punk Rock Etiquette

by Travis Nichols • 2008

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

3.75

123

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture

Punk Rock Etiquette 85%

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

by Travis Nichols 2008

3.75

123 ratings

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture

Ethiopia

by Yohanis Gebreyesus • 2018

A chef decodes the fermented flatbread, spiced butter, and vegan feasts of a 3,000-year-old cuisine.

4.22

148

🇪🇹 Ethiopian Cooking 🫙 Fermentation 🌶️ Spice Blending

Ethiopia 85%

A chef decodes the fermented flatbread, spiced butter, and vegan feasts of a 3,000-year-old cuisine.

by Yohanis Gebreyesus 2018

4.22

148 ratings

🇪🇹 Ethiopian Cooking 🫙 Fermentation 🌶️ Spice Blending

Drink

by Ann Dowsett Johnston • 2013

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

3.74

4k+

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

Drink 85%

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

by Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013

3.74

4k+ ratings

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

Pour Your Heart Into It

by Howard Schultz • 1997

How Milan's espresso bars convinced a coffee chain to treat part-timers like partners.

4.02

12k+

☕ Coffee Industry 📖 Founder Memoir 🏢 Company Culture

Pour Your Heart Into It 85%

How Milan's espresso bars convinced a coffee chain to treat part-timers like partners.

by Howard Schultz 1997

4.02

12k+ ratings

☕ Coffee Industry 📖 Founder Memoir 🏢 Company Culture

The Perfectionists

by Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

4.15

7k+

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

The Perfectionists 85%

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

by Simon Winchester 2018

4.15

7k+ ratings

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

by Catherine Gray • 2017

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

4.32

16k+

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Summary

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober 85%

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

by Catherine Gray 2017

4.32

16k+ ratings

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir

Why We Drink Too Much

by Charles Knowles • 2026

Alcohol rewires the brain to prioritize itself. Reversing that takes more than willpower.

3.67

418

🌅 Addiction Recovery 🍺 Drinking Culture 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

Why We Drink Too Much 85%

Alcohol rewires the brain to prioritize itself. Reversing that takes more than willpower.

by Charles Knowles 2026

3.67

418 ratings

🌅 Addiction Recovery 🍺 Drinking Culture 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke

by David Greising • 1998

The CEO who scrapped Coke’s formula then brought it back to build a global empire.

3.91

107

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Biography 🥤 Beverage Industry

I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke Summary

I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke 85%

The CEO who scrapped Coke’s formula then brought it back to build a global empire.

by David Greising 1998

3.91

107 ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 👔 Ceo Biography 🥤 Beverage Industry

How to Dunk a Doughnut

by Len Fisher • 2002

A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.

3.34

277

🧪 Everyday Science 🍞 Food Science 🔬 Applied Physics

How to Dunk a Doughnut 85%

A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.

by Len Fisher 2002

3.34

277 ratings

🧪 Everyday Science 🍞 Food Science 🔬 Applied Physics

Alcohol Explained

by William Porter • 2015

Alcohol creates the anxiety it promises to relieve, and understanding this cycle is the way out.

4.36

4k+

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🧠 Addiction Science 🚫 Drinking Myths

Alcohol Explained 85%

Alcohol creates the anxiety it promises to relieve, and understanding this cycle is the way out.

by William Porter 2015

4.36

4k+ ratings

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🧠 Addiction Science 🚫 Drinking Myths

Bandersnatch

by Diana Pavlac Glyer • 2016

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

4.28

1k+

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History

Bandersnatch 85%

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016

4.28

1k+ ratings

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History

Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36)

by Merry White • 2012

A tea-loving nation now ranks third in global coffee consumption. Its cafés hold the explanation.

3.72

137

🫘 Coffee Culture 🏠 Third Spaces 🇯🇵 Japanese Culture

Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36) Summary

Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36) 85%

A tea-loving nation now ranks third in global coffee consumption. Its cafés hold the explanation.

by Merry White 2012

3.72

137 ratings

🫘 Coffee Culture 🏠 Third Spaces 🇯🇵 Japanese Culture

Cod

by Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25k+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod 85%

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

by Mark Kurlansky 1997

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cooked

by Michael Pollan • 2013

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

4.08

26k+

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation

Cooked 85%

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

by Michael Pollan 2013

4.08

26k+ ratings

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation

The Science of Food

by Marty Jopson • 2017

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

3.78

203

🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation

The Science of Food 85%

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

by Marty Jopson 2017

3.78

203 ratings

🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation

Ratio

by Michael Ruhlman • 2009

Cooking is built on a handful of ratios. Master them, and cook anything.

4.09

7k+

🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🔬 Culinary Science 📖 Cooking Without Recipes

Ratio 84%

Cooking is built on a handful of ratios. Master them, and cook anything.

by Michael Ruhlman 2009

4.09

7k+ ratings

🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🔬 Culinary Science 📖 Cooking Without Recipes

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction

Unwasted 84%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction

Wild Chocolate

by Rowan Jacobsen • 2024

Two-thirds of chocolate comes from a monoculture disaster. The antidote grows wild in the Amazon.

4.12

557

📜 Food History ✈️ Culinary Travel 🍫 Chocolate History

Wild Chocolate 84%

Two-thirds of chocolate comes from a monoculture disaster. The antidote grows wild in the Amazon.

by Rowan Jacobsen 2024

4.12

557 ratings

📜 Food History ✈️ Culinary Travel 🍫 Chocolate History

Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain • 2000

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

4.19

385k+

🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets

Kitchen Confidential 84%

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

by Anthony Bourdain 2000

4.19

385k+ ratings

🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets

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