A Cook's Tour Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

"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