A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal

A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal

by Anthony Bourdain (Author)

Synopsis

Anthony Bourdain, life-long line cook and bestselling author of "Kitchen Confidential", sets off to eat his way around the world. But being Anthony Bourdain, this was never going to be a conventional culinary tour. Bourdain heads out to Saigon where he eats the still-beating heart of a live cobra, and travels deep into landmined Khmer Rouge territory to find the rumoured Wild West of Cambodia (Pailin). Other stops include dining with gangsters in Russia, a medieval pig slaughter and feast in northern Portugal, the Basque All Male Gastronomique Society in Saint Sebastian, rural Mexico with his Mexican sous-chef, a pilgrimage to the French Laundry in the Napa Valley and a return to his roots in the tiny fishing village of La Teste, where he first ate an oyster as a child. Written with the inimitable machismo and humour that has made Tony Bourdain such a sensation, "A Cook's Tour" is an adventure story sure to give you indigestion.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 07 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0747558213
ISBN 13: 9780747558217
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the 2002 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
Prizes: Winner of Guild of Food Writers Awards: Food Book of the Year 2002. Shortlisted for Guild of Food Writers Book of the Year Award (Food Book) 2002 and Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2002.

Media Reviews
'It works extremely well. In large part because Bourdain is a very funny writer; sharp, honest and with a beguiling mix of belligerence and sensitivity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Brilliantly written up in a raw, stylish gonzo prose, with pitch-black humour and a devilish turn of phrase' EVENING STANDARD
Author Bio
Anthony Bourdain is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City. He is also the author of two novels GONE BAMBOO and BONE IN THE THROAT and one work of non fiction, KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL.