Holy crap! Coincidence! Have you been following the Doug Psaltis drama on eGullet? Get over there! There's a fourteen page thread with Bourdain and others weighing in on whether or not Doug was hiding something in his book "Seasoning of a Chef." Check it out....
Actually Chez Pim has a good introduction.
Start with this:
http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/200...se_of_a_s.html
That link will lead you to the eGullet thread.