A Cook’s Tour
Author: Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is a life-long line cook and author of Kitchen Confidential. Here, he sets off to eat his way around the world. He heads out to Saigon where he eats the still-beating heart of a live cobra, and travels deep into landmined Khmer Rouge territory to find the rumoured Wild West of Cambodia (Pailin)…..Read More
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