Very Rare Les Halles Cookbook SIGNED and Sketched by Anthony Bourdain- Originally Gift from Tony's Assistant (Grill Bitch)

Anthony Bourdain

ISBN 10: 158234180X / ISBN 13: 9781582341804

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Very rare Anthony Bourdain SIGNED Les Halles Cookbook with Tony's hand drawn large chef on the signed title page. There are only around five known copies of Bourdain's books where he included a sketch with his autograph. This is likely the most impressive of his chef sketches in circulation. Condition notes: ACCEPTABLE- dust jacket is NOT the original (from another 1st print copy of Les Halles. Shows some minor dark spots on the front and some wear such as crinkling near top of spine). Cover also shows soiling particulate (like a sandy texture) around the bottom of spine and at least one or two stain/ blotch mark spots. Outer edges of pages show signs of foxing (noticed when book is closed), a nick spot on the spine of the cover and some other cover wear. Pages smell fine. Beth Aretsky signed the back of the flyleaf page. Bourdain wrote about her in Kitchen Confidential- "A long-time associate, Beth, who likes to refer to herself as the 'Grill Bitch', excelled at putting loudmouths and fools into their proper place." After contacting Beth, the David she gifted the book to was Chef David Feola from Ember & Ash (in Philadelphia). She was his neighbor in Rome, NY and was actually his babysitter for a time. I later reached out to David on one of his social profiles, and he confirmed that the drawing was in the hand of Tony. It was a *warning "for being a young chef"! More confirmation this was drawn by Bourdain- the cigarette smoking chef here matches the style/ body position of the "skull" chef drawing in an older paperback copy of Kitchen Confidential (someone on reddit who purchased this copy claimed he bought it for 3,000). As well, the drawing here has mobster/ assassin vibes (like the themes in the first two novels he wrote- Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo). *Tony as an artist- He sent a comic book that he drew, illustrated, and written to a literary magazine in 1980. He has said at a Comic Con event in 2012 (on a panel for Get Jiro) that his dream for almost his whole childhood and teenage years was to make comics. He "wanted to be an underground cartoonist", and "was a collector and fan boy from really early on- early '60s on". Ships from MN via UPS 2nd day air Mon-Fri, securely packaged and with signature confirmation in the US.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Very Rare Les Halles Cookbook SIGNED and Sketched by Anthony Bourdain- Originally Gift from Tony's Assistant (Grill Bitch)
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158234180X
• ISBN 13: 9781582341804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Poor
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

"It's like having the chef standing on the back of your clogs while you cook, keeping you organized, focused, and out of the weeds. This is evergreen." -Gabrielle Hamilton, from the foreword

Globally beloved chef Anthony Bourdain's bestselling classic-the hearty, delicious recipes and provocative tricks of the trade from his famed French brasserie where he made his name-with a new foreword from Gabrielle Hamilton.

Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential, and hit TV shows Parts Unknown and No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain spent years serving some of the best French brasserie food in New York. With its no-nonsense, down-to-earth atmosphere, Les Halles matched Bourdain's style perfectly: a restaurant where you can dress down, talk loudly, drink a little too much wine, and have a good time with friends. Now, 20 years after its original publication, Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook remains an audacious classic, full of his signature humor and charm.

Bourdain teaches you everything you need to know to prepare classic French bistro fare. While you're being guided, in simple steps, through recipes like roasted veal short ribs and steak frites, escargots aux noix and foie gras au pruneaux, you'll feel like he's in the kitchen beside you-firing off a few insults when you've scorched the sauce, and then patting you on the back for finally getting the steak tartare right.

As practical as it is entertaining, Anthony Bourdain's handsomely repackaged Les Halles Cookbook and new foreword from Gabrielle Hamilton make for a can't-miss treat for cookbook lovers, aspiring chefs, and Bourdain fans everywhere.

About the Author

Anthony Bourdain was the New York Times-bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, which sold over a million copies, Medium Raw, A Cook's Tour and The Nasty Bits, the cookbooks Appetites and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.