A Cook's Tour: In search of the perfect meal
by Anthony Bourdain
Overview
From the Critics
Book Magazine
Anthony Bourdain's idea of the potentially perfect meal is surely not your idea. Been craving Moroccan lamb testicles lately? Didn't think so. Had a hankering for goat's head soup? Chili-roasted maguey worms? How about the beating heart of a cobra, freshly extracted from its former owner? Clearly Bourdain isn't your garden-variety gastronome. Familiarity, and fat-free cooking, breeds his contempt; derring-do is his stock in trade.
My Thoughts
After reading From Here You Can't See Paris, I was excited when I saw this book about a chef who traveled the world for the most perfect meal! AND...it's "as seen on the Food Network"! Unfortunately, I got through two of the author's stories and was so repulsed that I refuse to finish the book.
The first story was filled with nothing but a shot of liquor followed by one more shot of liquor followed by a half dozen more shots of liquor followed by the graphic fear of what may come after all the alcohol. The second story involved the inhumane slaughter and gutting of a pig in Portugal. This is not a book for the faint of heart. If you want a cookbook/travel guide with plenty of shock value, maybe you'll like this book. I didn't.
Favorite Passage
There wasn't one.
