Medium Raw. By Anthony Bourdain. First Edition, First Printing. Ecco. New York, 2010.

Anthony Bourdain was a beloved celebrity chef, documentarian, and gastronome who produced some of the best culinary memoirs and television shows of the last 50 years. His 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential was a major bestseller, establishing his career as a culinary insider and writer. In this volume, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, Bourdain provides a spectacular followup to his first major literary success. Medium Raw recounts his stardom after Kitchen Confidential and provides wry and honest perspectives on celebrity chefs and the world of culinary television. It is one of Bourdain’s best memoirs, a foodie’s literary treat with no-holds-barred perspectives on the food industry.

This first edition, first printing is in very good condition. In the original quarter cloth, near-fine with only bumping to spine ends. Text block very good, only minor dampstaining to several back pages. In the original dust jacket, fine.

A very good first edition of Medium Raw.