Les Halles Special Edition and Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain- Giveaway

Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two sets of Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking and Typhoid Mary – An Urban Historical.

Bloomsbury USA has released a special 20th Anniversary edition of Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking as well as a paperback edition of Bourdain’s Typhoid Mary – An Urban Historical.

The Les Halles Cookbook is twenty years old. In 2004, Bourdain revealed the hearty, delicious recipes of his restaurant Les Halles and the provocative tricks of the trade that made him a celebrated name across the globe until his death in 2018.

With its no-nonsense, down-to-earth atmosphere, Les Halles matched Bourdain’s style perfectly: it was restaurant where you can dress down, talk loudly, drink a little too much wine, and have a good time with friends until it went bankrupt in 2017.

Les Halles is memorialized in this brilliant cookbook. Bourdain will teach you everything you need to know to prepare classic French bistro fare. There are seven recipes online from this title for you to try now.


Typhoid Mary – An Urban Historical is a riveting true crime tale from beloved chef and bestselling author Anthony Bourdain, originally published in 2001, centering around deadly cook Mary Mallon-otherwise known as the infamous Typhoid Mary.

By the turn of the twentieth century, it seemed that New York had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had ravaged the city. That is, until 1904, when the disease broke out in a household on Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of infecting the family through the food on their plates. But before she could be tested, the asymptomatic woman-soon to be known as Typhoid Mary – had disappeared. Proceeding to spread her pestilence from home to home across New York for years, Mary narrowly escaped the law until her arrest and institutionalization in 1907. After three years, she was released on the promise that she could never work as a cook again. So she disappeared once more, assuming countless aliases as she blazed a diseased path through New York, claiming countless lives in her wake. This is her story.

Taking us through the seedy back doors of New York’s kitchens circa 1900, Typhoid Mary uncovers the horrifying conditions that allowed for the deadly spread of typhoid over a decade and the life of the roguish woman who propelled it. Writing with his signature panache about his best subjects, rugged kitchens and their hardened chefs, Bourdain served up a feast for true crime fans and true Bourdain acolytes alike.

Special thanks to the publisher for providing two sets of these titles in our promotion. Entry options include answering the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index of Les Halles would you like to try first?

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36 Comments

  • miggsy  on  December 10, 2024

    Daube provencale

  • matag  on  December 10, 2024

    Roasted red pepper mashed potatoes

  • Lijstjesmeisje  on  December 10, 2024

    Boeuf Bourguignon

  • NatalyaM  on  December 10, 2024

    Asparagus and haricots verts salad

  • dadekian  on  December 10, 2024

    Vichyssoise

  • sarahawker  on  December 10, 2024

    Chocolate hazelnut tart

  • Acarroll  on  December 10, 2024

    Agree with roasted red pepper mashed potatoes!

  • KatieK1  on  December 10, 2024

    Moules normandes

  • GreenhouseCheryl  on  December 10, 2024

    Coquilles Saint-Jacques with Champagne

  • Jrance  on  December 10, 2024

    cassoulet

  • davisesq212  on  December 10, 2024

    Chocolate hazelnut tart

  • Skorpyoh  on  December 10, 2024

    Onion soup Les Halles – sounds so good right now.

  • Kristjudy  on  December 11, 2024

    Onion soup les halles

  • dataentrytard  on  December 11, 2024

    I would like to try preparing the Salade Nicoise with tomatoes, green peppers, Boston lettuce, French beans, canned tuna, canned anchovies, olives and potatoes.

  • Babycarrot  on  December 11, 2024

    Chocolate hazelnut tart

  • infotrop  on  December 11, 2024

    Tournedos d’agneau with fig confit

  • ChefJodi15  on  December 11, 2024

    French onion soup or Lobster Bisque

  • Zaranthenia  on  December 12, 2024

    Tournedos d’agneau with fig confit – I’m a sucker for a good lamb dish!

  • debbiehb  on  December 12, 2024

    Onion Soup Les Halles

  • izzyofabel  on  December 13, 2024

    I’m not normally a soup person, but I’m eyeballing that mushroom soup!

  • EatsbooksWithWolves  on  December 13, 2024

    Choucroute Les Halles

  • virjeania  on  December 15, 2024

    Tartiflette

  • maci234  on  December 15, 2024

    French onion soup

  • Sand9  on  December 15, 2024

    Clafoutis

  • JessHeilman  on  December 18, 2024

    Chocolate Hazelnut Tart

  • hangryviking  on  December 18, 2024

    creme brulee

  • Lafauvette  on  December 20, 2024

    Oeufs perigourdins

  • Ren23  on  December 20, 2024

    Asparagus and haricots verts salad

  • ravensfan  on  December 20, 2024

    Onion soup Les Halles

  • BMeyer  on  December 20, 2024

    boeuf bourguignon

  • Culinarycarol  on  December 20, 2024

    I had a look at this book years ago. Now I wonder where it went? I tried the mushroom soup years ago, and it was very good but this time I’d like to try the onion soup. The Typhoid Mary fascinates me. Wondering how they located this woman and how, this many years later, her sisterhood continues to circulate in our modern society–what is her name today?

  • Dsdorn  on  December 20, 2024

    Cassoulet

  • Maryd8822  on  December 20, 2024

    Roasted red pepper mashed potatoes!

  • banba1  on  December 21, 2024

    Carre d’agneau au moutarde

  • LaurenE  on  December 21, 2024

    Roasted red pepper mashed potatoes

  • ChefClaireFVS  on  December 21, 2024

    onion soup!

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