A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal'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 ____________________ 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. |
Contents
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15 | |
Back to the Beach | 29 |
The Burn | 52 |
Where the Boys AreWhere the Girls Are | 65 |
How to Drink Vodka | 79 |
Something Very Special | 99 |
Highway of Death | 128 |
Road to Pailin | 160 |
Fire Over England | 186 |
Where Cooks Come From | 200 |
Can Charlie Surf? | 218 |
West Coast | 230 |
Haggis Rules | 252 |
Very Very Strong | 261 |
Perfect | 272 |
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