Title:
A cook's tour : global adventures in extreme cuisines
Author:
Edition:
First Ecco edition.
Publication Date:
2002
Publication Information:
New York : Ecco, 2002.
Physical Description:
x, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780060012786
Abstract:
From Japan where he eats traditional fugu, a poisonous blowfish that can only be prepared by specially licensed chefs, to a delectable snack in the Mecong Delta, follows the author as he embarks on a quest around the world to find the ultimate meal.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2001.
Contents:
Where food comes from -- Back to the beach -- The burn -- Where the boys are/where the girls are -- How to drink vodka -- Something very special -- Highway of death -- Tokyo redux -- Road to Pailin -- Fire over England -- Where cooks come from -- Can Charlie surf? -- West coast -- Haggis rules -- Very, very strong.
Language:
English
