In this book, the author of Kitchen Confidential sets out to travel
the world in search of the great culinary experience. This does not
simply mean the memorable meal he eats at the highly rated French
Laundry in San Francisco. Bourdain wants to live out his Apocalypse
Now and Joseph Conrad fantasies, so he journeys to dangerous and
out-of-the-way places and explores the outer limits of eating and
drinking. This is not a book for the faint-hearted. In Portugal,
Bourdain helps with a pig slaughter, in Vietnam he eats the
still-beating heart of a live cobra and in Scotland he samples
deep-fried haggis in curry sauce. Extreme experiences aside, this
is a multi-faceted work. It is a travelogue, bringing to life the
scenery, sights, sounds and smells of, among other places, Vietnam,
the Basque Country, Moscow and the Northern Sahara, where Bourdain
dines on a whole roasted lamb with Tuaregs. It is a study of food
in different cultures, from dinner with the Russian mafia to the
diet of Sumo wrestlers in Japan. It is also a polemic about the
fastidious attitude of the First World exemplified by well-to do
vegans in Berkeley when inhabitants of the Third World have to use
every part of an animal to survive. Bourdain is fearless in his
attitudes - he smokes, drinks, swears, takes drugs and talks
frankly about sex. Yet behind the macho blustering there are some
vulnerable moments, such as the nostalgic trip to France he takes
with his brother to recapture childhood experiences which makes him
realize he is actually looking for his late father. This is a
full-blooded, visceral book with a strong narrative drive, which
throws the reader headlong into Bourdains culinary experiences,
tolerable and intolerable. On this evidence he is the Hunter S
Thompson of cookery writers. (Kirkus UK)
Also available as an audio bookAnthony Bourdain, lifelong line cook and bestselling author of
Kitchen Confidential, sets off to eat his way around the world. He 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. Other stops include dining with gangsters in Russia, a medieval pig slaughter in northern Portugal, and a return to his roots in the tiny fishing village of La Treste, where he first ate an oyster as a child.
Find out more, including a video clip from the TV series A Cook's Tour, at
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