7 must-read biography memoir books like World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain

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World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.64

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi…

"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class cheese. The next big thing is Croatia. If you haven't been here, you're a fucking idiot. I'm an idiot."

-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class cheese. The next big thing is Croatia. If you haven't been here, you're a fucking idiot. I'm an idiot."

-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

If you liked the biography memoir plot in World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Mastering the Art of French Cooking

By: Julia Child , Simone Beck , Louisette Bertholle , Sidonie Coryn

4.25

Format: 684 pages, Hardcover

For over fifty years, New York Times bestseller Mastering the Art of French Cooking has been the de… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
"Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze …"

-Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking

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2. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

By: Karen Page , Andrew Dornenburg

4.05

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2009 James Beard Book Award for Best Book: Reference and Scholarship Great cooking g… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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3. 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

By: Eric Ripert

3.95

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"the important thing, Jacques instructed me, was to get the pan hot as you could before adding the meat - that, and always give good wine to your butcher."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he wrapped me in his arms as if it was Christmas morning and I was the best gift imaginable."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"We were all hard on our commis because we were always afraid, and cruelty is one of fear's most common by-products. It would take me a very long time to unlearn those methods of surviving under press…"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"Buth this is the thing, my child, " Madame Amparo continued. "You are headed for the same night sky. When it's your turn to burn brightly, remember where you have been. Be careful not to harm all of …"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

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4. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

By: Wendy MacNaughton , Samin Nosrat

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. I Hear She's a Real Bitch

By: Jen Agg

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sharp and candid memoir from a star in the restaurant world, and an up-and-coming literary voice.… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
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6. Momofuku

By: David Chang , Peter Meehan

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable word, it's now synony… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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7. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

By: Better Homes and Gardens

5.00

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Features: Over 900 new recipes -- 1,200 in all-reflect current eating habits and lifestyles; 500 ne… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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8. Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck

By: Thug Kitchen , Matt Holloway , Michelle Davis

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Thug Kitchen started their wildly popular web site to inspire people to eat some Goddamn vegetables… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
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9. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By: Marcella Hazan , None

3.65

Format: None pages,

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction

10. Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast

By: Nigella Lawson

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This is the first time that we've ever launched a cookbook alongside a brand new show. Nigella's ra… read more

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11. Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again

By: Quentin Bacon , Ina Garten

3.51

Format: None pages,

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12. Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes

By: Giada De Laurentiis

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to cook delicious,… read more

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13. The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution

By: Alice Waters

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Perhaps more responsible than anyone for the revolution in the way we eat, cook, and think about fo… read more

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14. Jerusalem: A Cookbook

By: Yotam Ottolenghi , Sami Tamimi

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

With Jerusalem, Ottolenghi re-teams with his friend and co-owner of his restaurants, Sami Tamimi. B… read more

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15. The Local School

By: Colin Phelan

4.28

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Although many view schools, colleges, and universities as the primary places from which we attain a… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Water is to India as blood is to the body, with the many rivers functioning as arteries – the Ganges being the aorta – and the monsoon timelessly arriving as a much-needed annual blood transfusion."

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"Everyone is recharged for the second half, no bell, no forced learning, no principal’s office for tardiness or absenteeism; instead, a voluntary return to our collective pane of learning. Final conve…"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"Despite the business and auto-rickshaws and bantering Bengalis just beyond his brown front door, Sanjit cultivates a distinct learning environment and energy, one created and galvanized above the til…"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"It is here where education is championed and gratefully pursued as the human right which many in our world classify it to be. For although regarded as a human right, many entitled to education often …"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

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16. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

By: Tom Vitale

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
Cover of World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain

17. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.64

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi… read more

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  • memoir
  • travel
  • cookbooks
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • essays
  • audiobook
"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class ch…"

-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

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18. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

By: Laurie Woolever

4.21

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
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19. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain

By: Charles Leerhsen

3.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
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20. Anthony Bourdain Remembered

By: CNN

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
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21. The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman

3.63

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • essays

6 Top audiobook books like World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain

Transform Your Habits

32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

Eric Ripert

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

Wendy MacNaughton , Samin Nosrat

4.39

Transform Your Habits

In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

Tom Vitale

4.25

Transform Your Habits

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

Anthony Bourdain

3.64

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10 Top nonfiction books like The Local School by Colin Phelan

Transform Your Habits

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

Suketu Mehta

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness

Mark Owens , Delia Owens

4.29

Transform Your Habits

If It’s Monday It Must Be Madurai: A Conducted Tour of India

Srinath Perur

3.74

Transform Your Habits

A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Michael G. Kramer

4.29

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