Living in the limelight

As the cover will tell you Medium Raw is chef--writer-traveller-reality show judge-food fanatic Anthony ‘Tony' Bourdain's sequel to the bestseller Kitchen Confidential. How is it different from the first? Kitchen Confidential had the voice of a ranting yet nostalgic chef while Medium Raw always feels like a narrative with Anthony Bourdain's ‘oh so familiar' (now! Courtesy the various TV shows) voice!

Turning the corner
What starts off with a top secret meeting of great chefs (names not revealed) feasting on some of the most exotic (many illegal) treats (a meal described as once in a lifetime for few and never in a lifetime for most) slowly shifts towards his days in the limelight after the tremendous success of Kitchen Confidential.

His career and change in lifestyle from chef to television celebrity and his hatred for the food network! He describes some of his darkest days post- Kitchen Confidential dealing with the failure of his first marriage; days, which included getting ‘stoned', driving drunk and being plain suicidal on a regular basis. All this on a luxurious Caribbean holiday, while running into some of the worst company possible.

Full report here Hindu