Appetites, Anthony Bourdain's first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites, dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr. Bourdain s opinion) know how to cook, with personal favorites from his own kitchen and from his travels, translated into an effective battle plan that will help you terrify your guests with your breathtaking efficiency.

Includes index.

Breakfast -- Fight! -- Salads -- Soups -- Sandwiches -- Party 101 -- Hamburger rules -- Pasta -- Fish and seafood -- Birds -- Thanksgiving -- Meat -- Side dishes -- Dessert -- Stock, sauces, and dressings.