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A review by emrodav
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
3.0
Somewhere around 2.5 stars.
Anthony Bourdain was great at being pithy and irreverent, but could also be so tiresome and needlessly mean.
This collection of unrelated essays featured some interesting pieces, including a love letter to Hanoi (and the pho you can eat there) and thoughts on the changing restaurant landscape. Some others are less compelling (for me at least), including the awful description of eating a whole bird.
I just found the book less than wonderful. Bourdain was a great storyteller, but I find after reading (actually listening but whatever) to this book, that I think it’s something I could’ve skipped and been just as happy.
Anthony Bourdain was great at being pithy and irreverent, but could also be so tiresome and needlessly mean.
This collection of unrelated essays featured some interesting pieces, including a love letter to Hanoi (and the pho you can eat there) and thoughts on the changing restaurant landscape. Some others are less compelling (for me at least), including the awful description of eating a whole bird.
I just found the book less than wonderful. Bourdain was a great storyteller, but I find after reading (actually listening but whatever) to this book, that I think it’s something I could’ve skipped and been just as happy.