A Cook's Tour
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- Author：Anthony Bourdain
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holden
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Ako bi osoba bila žanr u muzici， onda bi Bordejn bio rock （and roll）， a njegovi opisi mnogih država i hrane koju je probao u njima maksimalno energičan solo na električnoj gitari。
Gentian Gashi
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Nearing the end of this book， Anthony says "There’s a lot I haven’t tried。 I’m still here， I tell myself。 I’m still here。" And he did try， quite a lot， for a while。 It's just sad that he can't try anymore。 I loved this book。 What a wonderful soul he was。 Nearing the end of this book， Anthony says "There’s a lot I haven’t tried。 I’m still here， I tell myself。 I’m still here。" And he did try， quite a lot， for a while。 It's just sad that he can't try anymore。 I loved this book。 What a wonderful soul he was。 。。。more
Ben Williams
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The first book in a long time to make me laugh， Bourdain will never get old。
Roberto Elizarraraz
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A personal hero。 Would gladly eat sheep testicles in whatever cosmic dive bar you’re frequenting these days。 I promise to give foie gras a shot。
Hannah
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The bestHow will we not all miss him forever。 I would never feel so close to those places were it not for his words。
Joe Peluso
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I really enjoyed following Anthony to various countries and getting a taste for their culture。 It's especially insightful given that Bourdain is an outsider in these countries just as myself and many other readers would be。 This makes for some illuminating juxtaposition between people， culture， and of course， food！My favorite chapters were those that took place in Vietnam and Japan。I found the chapter in France to be very evocative。 Anthony and his brother arriving at the conclusion that they st I really enjoyed following Anthony to various countries and getting a taste for their culture。 It's especially insightful given that Bourdain is an outsider in these countries just as myself and many other readers would be。 This makes for some illuminating juxtaposition between people， culture， and of course， food！My favorite chapters were those that took place in Vietnam and Japan。I found the chapter in France to be very evocative。 Anthony and his brother arriving at the conclusion that they still miss the hell out of their father， finding that the missing "thing" in their travels was， in fact， him。 It relates oh so much to my own experiences while also helping contextualize them。 Bourdain's prose is also something to note， as it had moments of humor， beauty， self loathing， and sincerity。 Thanks to my friend Nick for gifting me this！ 。。。more
Catherine
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I highly recommend listening to this book rather than reading it。 I read about 70% and then found the audiobook。 Game。 Changer。 It was interesting enough， but listening to Bourdain read it himself was a whole new amazing experience。
Olivia
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A Cook’s Tour is filled with Bourdain’s intelligence， wit， outrageous bravery in the culinary world but also with self-doubt and struggles with the ways of the world。 I doubt if these revealing glimpses into his psyche would have affected me as strongly without the knowledge of Bourdain’s death， but they certainly made this read an emotional one。 I am saddened that Anthony Boudain is no longer in this world。
Patricia Orner
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The thing I love about reading Bourdain’s books is his raw honesty。 He doesn’t create a more palatable personality for his readers， nor does he sugar coat his experiences or his opinion of them。 This particular work doesn’t pull any punches。 Bourdain’s writing style is conversational and engaging。 He spends as much time waxing poetic on the places he visits as the food he eats there， sometimes more。 Toss in his healthy disdain for the television crews who accompany him in an effort to record him The thing I love about reading Bourdain’s books is his raw honesty。 He doesn’t create a more palatable personality for his readers， nor does he sugar coat his experiences or his opinion of them。 This particular work doesn’t pull any punches。 Bourdain’s writing style is conversational and engaging。 He spends as much time waxing poetic on the places he visits as the food he eats there， sometimes more。 Toss in his healthy disdain for the television crews who accompany him in an effort to record him “candidly” enjoying his explorations， and you have an informative and entertaining read。 。。。more
Edward Hacking
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When it comes to the dream dinner party， you can have your Mary Shelley and Oscar Wilde。 Your Shakespeare and Frida Kahlo。 You can have them all。 Just give me Anthony Bourdain， some not-so-cold beers， and some salty pho。
Giana
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The epitome of the phrase 'food for thought' - a pleasure to read as always。 The epitome of the phrase 'food for thought' - a pleasure to read as always。 。。。more
Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell
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Food and travel。。。 My TWO favorite things 🙂
Mackenzie Bianco
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All I have to say is that with each time I read or watch Bourdain， I grow to love him more。 This is no exception。
Mike Balducci
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Poignant and funny， it provides fascinating glimpses into its author’s anxieties and， what can only be described as， crippling self awareness。 A fantastic and honest read。
Mike
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A great read from a guy who was clearly a bit of a follower of gonzo journalism and possibly a better writer than a chef。
Jason Jeong
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Miss you legend。 Thanks for everything
Lyndsey
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Loved it， what's not to love though Food， Travel and the wit of a great writer Loved it， what's not to love though Food， Travel and the wit of a great writer 。。。more
Grace
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Well written travel stuff， but seriously I couldn't help but laugh at his pure unadulterated hatred of all things vegetarian， or even relating to vegetables at all。 It's another white guy pretending he discovered travel， but it's well written enough that we can overlook that。 Well written travel stuff， but seriously I couldn't help but laugh at his pure unadulterated hatred of all things vegetarian， or even relating to vegetables at all。 It's another white guy pretending he discovered travel， but it's well written enough that we can overlook that。 。。。more
Geric
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R。I。P。 Tony。Wow。 What fabulous storytelling。 This book reads exactly as you'd imagine from his soliloquy on television。 Globetrotting with his camera crew in tow， he travels in search of the perfect meal。 He brings out the culture as well as the history behind each region he visits， and also brings a little humanity。 The real star of this book is the experience， and he brings it to life like no other。 It's almost like you're right there with him， and you can pretty much taste what he's tasting。T R。I。P。 Tony。Wow。 What fabulous storytelling。 This book reads exactly as you'd imagine from his soliloquy on television。 Globetrotting with his camera crew in tow， he travels in search of the perfect meal。 He brings out the culture as well as the history behind each region he visits， and also brings a little humanity。 The real star of this book is the experience， and he brings it to life like no other。 It's almost like you're right there with him， and you can pretty much taste what he's tasting。The French Laundry has always fascinated me even though I doubt I'll ever go there， but Bourdain paints a mental image that feels so realistic。 All in all， this book makes me want to experience food in a whole new way， in a way that "reminds me of something special。"Can't wait to read his other books。 。。。more
Catherine Porter
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It's a cruel world where Henry Kissinger outlives Anthony Bourdain -- I am not sure if I enjoy Bourdain's travels more in TV form or book form。 I found his writing introduced me to more intimate， magical moments， but sometimes it could devolve into almost petulance， even if it did give me a better sense of who he was。 I found his writing to be strongest and most memorable in Vietnam， Morocco and Mexico， while I could do without his rantings about the Bay Area and vegetarians and Gordon Ramsey in It's a cruel world where Henry Kissinger outlives Anthony Bourdain -- I am not sure if I enjoy Bourdain's travels more in TV form or book form。 I found his writing introduced me to more intimate， magical moments， but sometimes it could devolve into almost petulance， even if it did give me a better sense of who he was。 I found his writing to be strongest and most memorable in Vietnam， Morocco and Mexico， while I could do without his rantings about the Bay Area and vegetarians and Gordon Ramsey in England。A hard book to read before bed -- I am hungry！！！ 。。。more
Douglas
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I'm still haunted by his suicide。 I can't find any hints of why in this incredible， wild tour of a lot of strange places and strange food。 His joie de vivre appeared unstoppable。 I'm still haunted by his suicide。 I can't find any hints of why in this incredible， wild tour of a lot of strange places and strange food。 His joie de vivre appeared unstoppable。 。。。more
Molly Koeneman
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Anthony Bourdain's thoughts on his TV shows。 Anthony Bourdain's thoughts on his TV shows。 。。。more
Holly Wirth
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Reading Anthony Bourdain is always an adventure。 Tony is a jaded realist who can still be moved to heartfelt appreciation for the camaraderie of friends and an exceptional meal in one-of-a-kind settings。 3。5 stars。
Brooke Meehan
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Ever since I first learned about Anthony Bourdain I’ve deeply believed we should have been married in this lifetime and this book only reinforces that belief - even though he is deceased :（ I love you tony ！！！！ Forever and ever and ever ！！
Mark Maliepaard
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Krijg ik ooit genoeg van de verhalen van Bourdain？ Waarschijnlijk niet。 Hij is een geestige， rauwe， o zo goede verhalenverteller over een van mijn favoriete onderwerpen: eten！ Wie zijn programma's heeft gezien zal hier op het eerste gezicht niet veel nieuws uithalen: veel van wat ik in dit boek las had ik eerder gezien。 Dit maakt het eigenlijk des te leuker om een soort inkijk te krijgen in wat hij zelf van de trip vond， in plaats van wat hij alleen van het eten en zijn omgeving te krijgen。 Een Krijg ik ooit genoeg van de verhalen van Bourdain？ Waarschijnlijk niet。 Hij is een geestige， rauwe， o zo goede verhalenverteller over een van mijn favoriete onderwerpen: eten！ Wie zijn programma's heeft gezien zal hier op het eerste gezicht niet veel nieuws uithalen: veel van wat ik in dit boek las had ik eerder gezien。 Dit maakt het eigenlijk des te leuker om een soort inkijk te krijgen in wat hij zelf van de trip vond， in plaats van wat hij alleen van het eten en zijn omgeving te krijgen。 Een goede 'companion read' bij zijn series， dus。 Zeker niet slecht vertaald， allerminst zelfs。 Het blijft echter lastig om zijn Amerikaanse stem uit je hoofd te krijgen als je het verhaal in het Nederlands voor je hebt。 。。。more
Julia K。 Truitt
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This is my favorite book ever written。Anthony Bourdain was a poetic genius who became well-known because of his TV shows -- what a treat for us， the audience， that his descriptive and musical writing paints pictures via TEXT as effectively as his TV shows portray in video。 Every country mentioned in this collection， you not only see but also smell， taste， FEEL -- my heart swells at his descriptions of the stars over the Sahara Desert， I cringe at the violence of a Russian wrestling arena。 He's a This is my favorite book ever written。Anthony Bourdain was a poetic genius who became well-known because of his TV shows -- what a treat for us， the audience， that his descriptive and musical writing paints pictures via TEXT as effectively as his TV shows portray in video。 Every country mentioned in this collection， you not only see but also smell， taste， FEEL -- my heart swells at his descriptions of the stars over the Sahara Desert， I cringe at the violence of a Russian wrestling arena。 He's an extremely efficient narrator who knows exactly what comparison to make to bring you to cities/countries/families that you have otherwise no frame of reference for。 Anthony Bourdain was a treasure。 I cherish this book。 。。。more
Petunia
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Great and terrific prose。
Matilda
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My copy of this book was both a gift and a recommendation from my father。 In many ways it reminds me of him， and his personality， which probably influenced this review a bit。 A Cook’s Tour was really all over the place for me。 It was disgusting and beautiful all at the same time。 Bourdain seems like a sincere person in all of his flawed self and I love people like that， probably because I consider myself one of them。 It was described as funny but I found very few things funny in this book， howev My copy of this book was both a gift and a recommendation from my father。 In many ways it reminds me of him， and his personality， which probably influenced this review a bit。 A Cook’s Tour was really all over the place for me。 It was disgusting and beautiful all at the same time。 Bourdain seems like a sincere person in all of his flawed self and I love people like that， probably because I consider myself one of them。 It was described as funny but I found very few things funny in this book， however it made me think about such a vast array of subjects that I am honestly a bit amazed。 I am a sucker for detailed， hauntingly beautiful descriptions of places， in that area this book delivered big time。 I started out looking for recipes via the chapters but soon realized it does not deliver big time on that， at least not for someone living in the cold north where most of the good stuff is impossibly expensive and very far from fresh。 Even though I did not find what I went looking for in this book I found something else， that mild but all consuming nostalgic angst that I oh so love。 This is both a book about food and a book about everything else than food。 I highly recommend reading it。 Many books leave me thinking about them， few feeling them， A Cook’s Tour did both。 And if nothing else， it really made me want to visit Vietnam and the Japanese countryside。 。。。more
Thurman
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One of my favorite things in reading is when you know the voice of the author and can read it / imagine how they'd sound narrating it。 Anthony was a gem of a person and his books should be read by all。 One of my favorite things in reading is when you know the voice of the author and can read it / imagine how they'd sound narrating it。 Anthony was a gem of a person and his books should be read by all。 。。。more
Christien Sullivan
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Starting a diet around the time I began this book was a huge mistake。 Bourdain， despite some more formal writerly foibles， was as incredible at writing about food as he must have been at preparing it。 But as fun as reading about the luxurious， exotic， incredible food he ate was， what was more interesting was his writing about the people who prepared it。A Cook's Tour is as good as it is because Bourdain really understands the business， the technique， and the pathos of making food and running a re Starting a diet around the time I began this book was a huge mistake。 Bourdain， despite some more formal writerly foibles， was as incredible at writing about food as he must have been at preparing it。 But as fun as reading about the luxurious， exotic， incredible food he ate was， what was more interesting was his writing about the people who prepared it。A Cook's Tour is as good as it is because Bourdain really understands the business， the technique， and the pathos of making food and running a restaurant。 Reading about his delight and awe at sushi chefs in Tokyo， his respect for the pride of Vietnamese street cooks， and his insights into why celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsey and Marco Pierre White are so impressive and deserving of their success， I started to think of Bourdain as a shrewd judge of character and as a humble chef who considered himself outclassed wherever he went。 The gravity with which he treats people and food alike gives this book a character far deeper than the faux-tough Gen X fuck-you chef-smoking-in-the-kitchen attitude that he portrays himself as having。 That personality though， is all across the book as well， and while sometimes you will come across a bit of poorly-aged machismo （I read the word "girly/girlie" more in this book than I heard it during my entire time in middle school if that says anything to you） or unabashed anti-vegetarianism （v ok boomer）， it's usually far more welcome and charming than you would expect it to be。 Bourdain's writing is just sensitive and sincere enough to counteract these shittier tendencies， and whether it's purposeful or not， his grumpy dad energy actually really carries a lot of passages through really well。 He really does seem to have lived by an attitude that is often merely a pose， and there's this weird dignity to it that belongs uniquely to the radically honest。There are a few issues with his writing， but they're mostly ignorable and boil down to the same problem I had with Samantha Bee's collection of personal essays: he just can't finish a story。 A lot of the time he just kinda awkwardly runs out of things to say and opts to makes some short and punchy statement overflowing with the same energy that people using the "smile with sunglasses" emoji have online。 Often the statements have no thematic connection to the bigger messages in the story and seem to say "the story is over now， wasn't it rad？" Other than that and the fact that he sometimes runs out of comparisons， adjectives， and superlatives， it's pretty well written。 If you like travel writing and want to feel like you're missing out on some of the best food in the world， I'd say give it a shot。 It'll at least make you hungry。**NOTE FOR ASPIRING WRITERS OF PRECIOUS REVIEWS AND SHORT STORIES: This is how you put a cute little button on something。 Get it together please。 。。。more
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