Anthony Bourdain
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Cook's Tour volume 5
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English
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Cambodia: With a friend along for the ride, Tony travels to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he explores a food culture that is both pleasing to the palette and slightly frightening.
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Cook's Tour volume 3
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English
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Sao Joaquim Market and Stella Marcs in Salvador da Bahia is featured as well as African culture.
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Cook's Tour volume 9
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English
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Arcachon, France Here, Bourdain first learned to love food as a child. Returning for a trip down memory lane, Tony enjoys childhood staples, including steak frites, gaufres (waffles), soupe de pecheur (fishermans soup) and fresh oysters.
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Cook's Tour volume 4
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English
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Mekong River, Cambodia: On the river, Tony drinks a lot of Mekong moonshine with the welcoming owners of a duck farm. Although seduced by his Cambodian experience, Tony is not sure the royal dish Birds Nest Soup is all its cracked up to be.
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Cook's Tour volume 13
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English
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Instead of staying in the airport for the layover, Anthony heads out to enjoy Bangkok cuisine. Then he heads off to Little India in Singapore.
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Cook's Tour volume 2
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English
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Rural Japan: Tony decides to look for a more relaxing, traditional Japanese culinary experience in the countryside. Tony travels to an old-style Japanese inn that specializes in kaiseki cuisine, ancient tea ceremony, and local ingredients.
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Cook's Tour volume 3
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English
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam : After taking a cycle ride through Ho Chi Minh City and trying various foods from roadside vendors and markets, Tony tests his might with a few shots of snake wine and a live cobra heart.
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Cook's Tour volume 7
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English
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Portugal - Portuguese cuisine holds a dear place in Tonys culinary heart. Tony travels to Porto, home of the famous Port wine, where he is immediately exposed to the codfish and the almost mythical place it holds in Portuguese cuisine and culture.
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Cook's Tour volume 2
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English
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Anthony travels to New Orleans for the first time to learn more about Creole and Cajun cuisine.
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Cook's Tour volume 18
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English
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Napa, CA - Marooned in San Francisco, Tony tastes local shellfish and durian ice cream before embarking on a pilgrimage to experience the genius of Thomas Keller, chef and owner of The French Laundry.
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Cook's Tour volume 19
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English
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New York, NY - Passionate about his city, Tony gives us an intimate tour of the New York City foods he loves - sturgeon and bagels, fluke ceviche, pan-seared foie gras, braised veal cheek, authentic cheese and, of course, a hotdog.
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Cook's Tour volume 11
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English
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Anthony's tip is to get far away from the hotel to try authentic food in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Cook's Tour volume 6
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English
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Anthony goes around the Mall of America to see all it has to offer. Other local Minneapolis and St. Paul restaurants prove that the twin cities are not just a fly over place.
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Cook's Tour volume 15
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English
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Oaxaca, Mexico - Chef Tony Bourdain explores the exotic and colorful indigenous zone of Mexico's Oaxaca region where he tastes toasted grasshoppers and other delicacies. His adventure ends with mariachi music and, of course, lots of tequila.
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Cook's Tour volume 8
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English
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San Sebastian, Spain: Tony explores the food-crazed Basque culture. Tony's guide, Chef Luis Irizar, takes Tony into the underworld of Basque gastronomic societies. Later, Tony explores the cities tapas bars.
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Cook's Tour volume 22
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English
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London, England - In London, Tony attempts to dispel the myth that all English food is disgusting and over-boiled. Tony tries Nose to Tail Eating, explores traditional fare at Pie and Mash Shoppes and then visits a predominantly Indian community.
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Cook's Tour volume 16
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English
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Puebla, Mexico - According to Tony, the best line cooks in NYC come from Mexico, so he travels to the Puebla, and enjoys mole sauces, toasted ant eggs, fried worms, and the legendary pulque (a slightly hallucinogenic drink made from cactus sap).
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Cook's Tour volume 20
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English
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New York, NY Provincetown, MA - Experience the formative moments of Tonys career as he revisits his first job, the culinary institute that taught him the basics, a normal workday at Les Halles Brasserie, and his mysterious mentor, Bigfoot.
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Cook's Tour volume 1
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English
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Anthony goes to St. Martin to visit with the Freedom Fighters and learns how to cook simply with Rastafarians. Caribbean flair is also featured.
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Cook's Tour volume 4
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English
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In Rio de Janeiro, Anthony learns how to be a Carioca and cook like one too. Feijoada, Brazil's national dish, is also featured.