Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When I wrote Kitchen Confidential, I was supremely naive about many things, such as the fact that people seemed to love chefs on the Food Network. I took it as an article of faith that chefs were unlovable. #2 I was working on a book that made fun of the Food Network, and I was invited to appear on several shows. I was still cooking every day and night, but I was beginning to suspect that my book would be a fluke. #3 I had assumed my involvement with television would last no longer than the time it took me to write the book. But the show was picked up for a second season. I grew to like this life - traveling the globe in search of food and kicks. #4 I had become seduced by the world and the freedom that television had given me to travel it as I wished. I was beginning to see what editors and sound mixers and post-production people could do. I became selfish, and began to see the world as my own.