About this title: From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit through the kitchens of New York City at the turn of the century. By the late nineteenth century, it seemed that New York City had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had so frequently decimated the city's population. That is until 1904, when the disease broke out in a household in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of being a carrier. But before she could be tested, the woman, soon to be known as Typhoid Mary, had disappeared. Over ...
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Description: Acceptable. Book shows little or no wear. Dust jacket has heavy wear. Corners of cover are a little rounded. In good reading condition. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780747566878ISBN:0747566879
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 160 pages. (160 pages) the story of a notorious cook and a riveting slice of 1900s new york from the bestselling author of kitchen confidential (Paperback) read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: NEW in Very Good jacket. 5 1/4 By 7 1/4" Unique translucent DJ with one small brown spot at the bottom edge. Photo of Mary in red on hardcover. read more
Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: As New in Near Fine Unclipped jacket. A bright, tight edition. DJ is uncut; clean w/light sunning & rubbing to spine. Text is firmly bound w/clean, unmarked pages. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First printing. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 2001 Bloomsbury hard cover-1st edition 1st printing-minor wear to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) otherwise a clean like new collectible-enjoy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2001-05-04
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: Good. Cover has minimal edge wear and corners lightly rubbed. Hinges are tender and starting to separate. Pages have a moderate amount of marks and highlighting. FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: As New in Very Good + jacket. CLEAN COPY. DJ front panel rippled. Plain white spine, frosty white DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. Fast shipping from Washington state or pick it up from our Vancouver, BC bookstore and we will give you an $8.00 gift certificate. read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, New York / London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582341330ISBN:1582341338
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author First edition, hardcover, signed by Bourdain, stray bit of binder's glue to top corner of three leaves near Middle of book, light bump to base of spine, otherwise a Near Fine copy in like dustjacket. read more
"Anthony Bourdain has a touching amount of sympathy for his subject, Mary Mallon, but it's probably to a fault. Although Mallon was likely psychologically damaged as a result of her rough and insensitive arrest and incarceration, she also acted quite monstrously. Mary consciously decided to cook in a hospital incognito, spreading Typhoid to newborns and expectant mothers alike. Bourdain, though he offers a perfunctory one-sentence disapproval of this behavior, sees Mallon as a sort of soul-sister, a rebellious spirit and curmudgeon just like the cooks in the kitchens Bourdain worked as a young man.
This is a small book; you could mistake it for a pamphlet. That doesn't stop Bourdain from looking into a whole host of background information and ancillary material, which results in a lot of half-baked, superficial investigations. There are a few interesting insights, particularly the peculiar conditions of working cooks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but for the most part this is inessential reading."
"Anthony Bourdain definitely goes on and on at times, repeats himself to drive home points you got pages ago, but if you like non-fiction books about historical people this is a great one to read because he does keep it from being dry. And you also learn that Mary Mallon (yes, she has a real name people) got quite the bum wrap."
"As a factual account, this book frustrated me a great deal, because it's really such an overview into the topic. Granted, Bourdain's interest in Mary Mallon stems from his experience as a cook (and he riffs on this topic continually) -- I simply wanted a deeper factual account (and make sure the facts are correct, please -- there are some glaring errors in the book!). The idea of a cook of his caliber writing about Typhoid Mary is brilliant, but I think he could have developed these ideas in the book to a much greater degree.
Bottom line, read "Kitchen Confidential" if you've never read anything written by Bourdain. It remains one of my favorite books, one that I would happily re-read any time."
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