Ep 767 - Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain

Andrew Cunningham (0:02)

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Craig Getting (0:05)

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SPEAKER_3 (1:44)

While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. Plus, these are books you should have read by now.

Craig Getting (2:22)

Hey everybody, welcome to Overdue. It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. My name is Craig.

Andrew Cunningham (2:28)

My name is Andrew. Meow.

Craig Getting (2:33)

Meow.

Andrew Cunningham (2:35)

I'm so excited, Craig, to talk about, to talk about Kitties on the podcast this week.

Craig Getting (2:39)

Kitties?

Andrew Cunningham (2:40)

Yeah, Kitties, because you read the book Kitten Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. For this hour book podcast, where each week, one of us reads a book that we've never read before and tells the other person about it, tells you about it. We have some larfs, we do some goofs, we learn a little, we laugh a little, we love a little.

Craig Getting (3:03)

I regret to inform you, Andrew, I don't know what research is.

Andrew Cunningham (3:08)

I'm excited to talk about Kitties, because of Kitten Confidential, the book that you read.

Craig Getting (3:14)

This sounds like a Sesame Street gag. This sounds like, and I'm not, and I don't say that derogatorily.

Andrew Cunningham (3:22)

Why are you sorry to tell me?

Craig Getting (3:25)

There are some good Sesame Street goofs out there. I feel like there's a Waiting for Grover out there.

Andrew Cunningham (3:32)

You feel like there's a sketch where Elmo, and Anthony Bourdain is there.

Craig Getting (3:39)

Yes.

Andrew Cunningham (3:40)

Elmo wants to talk to him about his book, Kitten Confidential.

Craig Getting (3:42)

Yes, and he's covered in kittens, and they're spelling words that pertain to kittens.

Andrew Cunningham (3:48)

In the universe, Anthony Bourdain has written a book called Kitten Confidential, and he wants to talk with Elmo about it.

Craig Getting (3:54)

I think that's exactly right. Unfortunately, Andrew, I did not read Kitten Confidential, though if you would like to write one about your adventures with kittens, I would implore you to do so.

Andrew Cunningham (4:06)

One book called Kitten Confidential. Yeah. OK.

Craig Getting (4:11)

But no, I read Kitchen Confidential. Order up. 86, your idea. We're talking about my thing now.

Andrew Cunningham (4:19)

All right. Corner, chef.

Craig Getting (4:21)

My hands. Nobody says corner in this book.

But I do. It is worth noting, I think we live in a post the bear world, where we've all at least heard of the bear, probably.

Andrew Cunningham (4:35)

Yeah. And everybody calling everybody chef all the time. Yeah. Other stuff that happens in the bear.

Craig Getting (4:39)

Yes.

Andrew Cunningham (4:40)

And I feel like the the bear does not exist without this book.

Craig Getting (4:43)

I wholeheartedly agree. That's what I was going to say. There are stretches of this book that feel like, oh, I saw that on the bear. And, you know, that's not fair to this book. But also, I think there's stuff in this book that is a little time capsule-y in a way I probably should have expected for a series of nonfiction essays, creative nonfiction, let's call it.