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The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook's Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions., Anthony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail.

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Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal. The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook's Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. Inspired by the question, 'What would be the perfect meal?', Anthony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail. Our adventurous chef starts out in Japan, where he eats traditional Fugu, a poisonous blowfish which can be prepared only by specially licensed chefs. He then travels to Cambodia, up the mine-studded road to Pailin into autonomous Khmer Rouge territory and to Phnom Penh's Gun Club, where local fare is served up alongside a menu of available firearms. In Saigon, he's treated to a sustaining meal of live Cobra heart before moving on to savor a snack with the Viet Cong in the Mecong Delta. Further west, Kitchen Confidential fans will recognize the Gironde of Tony's youth, the first stop on his European itinerary. And from France, it's on to Portugal, where an entire village has been fattening a pig for months in anticipation of his arrival. And we're only halfway around the globe. . . A Cook's Tour recounts, in Bourdain's inimitable style, the adventures and misadventures of America's favorite chef.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1582341400
ISBN-13
9781582341408
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1912247

Product Key Features

Book Title
Cook's Tour : in Search of the Perfect Meal
Author
Anthony Bourdain
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Culinary, General, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Cooking
Number of Pages
308 Pages

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Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Tx652.9.B68 2001
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-052428

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5 out of 5 stars
by theestatepreser...05 Jan, 2009
A No Holds, No Reservations Search for the Perfect Meal
Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour is a well-written record of his travels around the world in his search for the perfect meal. All too conscious of the state of his aging knees after a working life standing at various restaurant stoves, and flush with the unexpected boon from his first book, Kitchen Confidential, he concludes he needs a bit more wind under his wings. Bourdain defines "perfect meal" not so much as the most upscale, chi-chi, three-star dining experience, but the ideal combination of food, atmosphere, and company. The story arc takes the reader to fishing villages in Vietnam, bars in Cambodia, and Tuareg camps in Morocco for roasted sheep's testicle. It serves up smoked fish and sauna in the frozen Russian countryside and the French Laundry in California's Napa Valley, exquisitely refined kaiseki rituals in Japan after yakitori with drunken salarymen. There is deep-fried Mars Bars in Glasgow, dining with Gordon Ramsay in London, and the still-beating heart of a cobra in Saigon. Drink, danger, and guns. All with a TV crew in tow, featuring many don't-try-this-at-home shots of the author in gastric distress or crawling into yet another storm drain at four in the morning. You are unlikely to lay your hands on a more hectically strenuous, more entertaining book for some time. Bourdain eats and swashbuckles round the globe with American swagger and liberal use of profanity. The man can write. His timing is great. He is very funny and is under no illusions whatsoever about himself or anyone else. But most of all, he is a chef who got himself out of his kitchen and found, all over the world, people who understand that eating well is the foundation of harmonious living.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by YBn-1OmnS1-@Del...04 Sep, 2006
From France to Phnom Penh - Bourdain embraces adventure
A Cook's Tour will take your senses to a new high - sometimes literally - in Tony's adventure to seek out the exotic adventure "in search of the perfect meal." We are reminded that good food is an adventure. Good meals come from the warmth of family cooking and tradition regardless of location, and not from the fattening of society at the hands of fast food. In the pages of A Cook's Tour, you will be catapulted into Bourdain's world. You will understand the meaning of what is "the backbone of everything good." A Cook's Tour is part of a series of writings done while on assignments for the Food Network and the Travel Channel. I would suggest reading Kitchen Confidential first. If you've read Bourdain's later writings, such as The Nasty Bits written while adventuring for The Travel Channel on "No Reservations," and Kitchen Confidential, you must have this one in your collection. I was excited to read more of his boyhood France. I felt as if I was in the minivan on the Highway of Death on the way to Can Tho. I could smell and almost taste the pho in Vietnam. Bourdain likes to play a game with chefs after hours. It is a game of chance. Tony asks - if you were to die tomorrow morning, what would your last meal be? While not of surprise feeling the same way, it is interesting to see how people from diverse cultures embrace food in the same way. It is the hardy meal we remember from mom's kitchen that we seek the most. It is the boiled up bits and pieces of everything good coming together to make a dish of warmth and comfort. In Bourdain's travels, he finds this repeatedly. When looking for good meals, it is typically found where common folk gather. It comes from chefs who know first hand the sweat, blood and tears of the demand for excellence with an focused mind and an organized mise-en-place. You will find this in A Cook's Tour. You will find inspiration to be a risk taker with food and in your own kitchen.Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by pnw.savage03 Aug, 2021
Anthony Bourdain lives forever
So glad to get my hands on this book and read more about a man that inspired me to travel and new foods. Your memory lives on Mr. Bourdain. Book in great condition.
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5 out of 5 stars
by chesternj722 Jun, 2021
Bourdain Unchained!
If you like Anthony Bourdain, you will enjoy this book. Just like he is in Parts Unknown but not held back! So funny, so irreverent.
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5 out of 5 stars
by piano60023 Dec, 2020
Very good
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