A Cook's Tour
Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
$38.54
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2002
Summary
From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain’s New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe’s greatest culinary adventures
“Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country’s best food writers. His opinions are as strong as his language, and his tastes as infectious as his joy.” -Sam Sifton, New York Times Book Review
The only thing “gonzo gastronome” and internationally bestselling author Anthony B…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060012786 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060012781 |
| Author: | Anthony Bourdain |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 132mm x 201mm |
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Critics Review
“Vintage Bourdain.”
“Bourdain’s mission is to show the cool, un-Martha side of the culinary world.” - Time magazine
Food Writer of the Year - Bon Appétit
”[Bourdain] is a one-man army traveling the world on his stomach–and his droll wit.” - People
“None of your limp-wristed, pinch-mouthed, hoity-toity delicacies for this guy. Give him blood and guts–and all kinds of innards that you might wish had stayed there.” - Elle
“None of your limp-wristed, pinch-mouthed, hoity-toity delicacies for this guy.” - Elle
“Funny, irreverent, scandalous.” - New York Newsday on KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
“Mesmerizing…Unique.” - Newsweek on KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
“Brilliant. A chain-smoking, hard-drinking, cut-to-the-chase guy’s guy, ready to try anything new and different.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Some fine food adventure reading…. Bourdain offers excellent insight into real food.” - San Francisco Chronicle
“If you’re looking for a camel ride and an amiable companion, you could do a lot worse.” - Washington Post
“Vintage Bourdain.” - Dallas Morning News
“Hysterical…in a style partaking of hunter S. thompson, Iggy Pop, and a little Jonathan Swift, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.” - New York Times Book Review on KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
“This is the kind of book you read in one sitting then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages.” - USA Today on KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
“None of your limp-wristed, pinch-mouthed, hoity-toity delicacies for this guy.” - Elle
“Mighty engaging…. [Bourdain’s] snappy, full-bore writing style–whether being sarcastic, passionate, or descriptive–is good entertainment.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Adventurous and opinionated, [Bourdain] is very good company.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain was the author of the New York Times bestsellers Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, World Travel, and Appetites and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.
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