A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781582341408)

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.

Author: Anthony Bourdain
ISBN-10: 1582341400
ISBN-13: 9781582341408
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2001
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.60w x 1.03d

Review Citation(s):
Vanity Fair 12/01/2001 pg. 136
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2001 pg. 1590
BookPage 12/01/2001 pg. 6
New York Times 12/16/2001 pg. 9
People Weekly 01/14/2002 pg. 40
New York Times 06/02/2002 pg. 25
New York Times 12/08/2002 pg. 67