A Cook's Tour | |
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Starring | Anthony Bourdain (host) |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 35 |
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Running time | half hour (approx. 0:22 per episode) |
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Original network | Food Network |
Original release | 2002 – 2003 |
A Cook's Tour is a travel and food show that aired on Food Network. Host Anthony Bourdain visits various countries and cities worldwide where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine.
Two seasons of episodes were produced in 2000 and 2001 and aired first-run in January 2002 through 2003 in the U.S. on the Food Network.
NYU film program graduate, Lydia Tenaglia, [1] working at New York Times Television, [2] picked up the book, Kitchen Confidential , and learning that Bourdain was proposing an Innocents Abroad -style travel journal as a follow-up project, Tenaglia picked up the phone and made a cold call. [3] [4]
The show has been filmed with two Sony PD100 DV camcorders. [5]
In Variety, Phil Gallo says, "For once, Food Network is putting on display food you can’t do at home — and they show that acquiring the ingredients isn’t all pretty before the meal hits the dining room table." [6] Bourdain's account of his trip to Cambodia in Episodes 5 and 6 of Season 1 has been criticised by professor of French and Film Studies at Clemson University Joseph Mai as "filled with tawdry stereotypes" and largely ignoring Cambodian cuisine. [7]
# | Prod Num | DVD | Title | Place Visited |
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1 | TB1A01 | Disk 5 | A Taste of Tokyo | Tokyo |
2 | TB1A02 | Disk 5 | Dining with Geishas | Atami and Tokyo, Japan |
3 | TB1A03 | Disk 6 | Cobra Heart - Foods That Make You Manly | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
4 | TB1A04 | Disk 6 | Eating on the Mekong | Mekong River, Vietnam |
5 | TB1A05 | Disk 6 | Wild Delicacies | Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia |
6 | TB1A06 | Disk 5 | Eating on the Edge of Nowhere | Pailin, Cambodia and Tokyo, Japan |
7 | TB1A07 | Disk 3 | Cod Crazy | Porto and Douro Valley, Portugal |
8 | TB1A08 | Disk 3 | San Sebastian: A Food Lover's Town | San Sebastián, Spain |
9 | TB1A09 | Disk 3 | Childhood Flavors | Arcachon, France |
10 | TB1A10 | Disk 3 | Stuffed Like a Pig | Portugal, south-western France |
11 | TB1A11 | Disk 4 | A Desert Feast | Morocco (Sahara) |
12 | TB1A12 | Disk 4 | Traditional Tastes | Morocco (cities) |
13 | TB1A13 | Disk 4 | The Cook Who Came in From the Cold | Saint Petersburg |
14 | TB1A14 | Disk 4 | So Much Vodka, So Little Time | Saint Petersburg |
15 | TB1A15 | Disk 2 | Tamales and Iguana, Oaxacan Style | Oaxaca, Mexico |
16 | TB1A16 | Disk 2 | Puebla, Where the Good Cooks Are From | Puebla, Mexico |
17 | TB1A17 | Disk 1 | Los Angeles, My Own Heart of Darkness | Los Angeles |
18 | TB1A18 | Disk 1 | The French Laundry Experience [8] | Napa Valley and San Francisco |
19 | TB1A19 | Disk 1 | My Hometown Favorites | New York City |
20 | TB1A20 | Disk 1 | My Life as a Cook | New York City and Provincetown, MA |
21 | TB1A21 | Disk 3 | Highland Grub | Scotland |
22 | TB1A22 | Disk 3 | A Pleasing Palate | London |
# | Prod Num | DVD | Title | Place Visited |
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1 | TB1B01 | Disk 2 | Food Tastes Better with Sand Between Your Toes | St. Martin |
2 | TB1B02 | Disk 1 | No Beads, No Babes, No Bourbon Street | New Orleans |
3 | TB1B03 | Disk 2 | A Mystical World | Salvador |
4 | TB1B04 | Disk 2 | How to Be a Carioca | Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, Brazil |
5 | TB1B05 | Disk 1 | Elements of a Great Bar | New York City |
6 | TB1B06 | Disk 1 | The Struggle for the Soul of America | Minneapolis, MN |
7 | TB1B07 | Disk 1 | The BBQ Triangle | Kansas City, Houston, and North Carolina |
8 | TB1B08 | Disk 5 | Mad Tony: The Food Warrior | Sydney |
9 | TB1B09 | Disk 5 | Down Under: The Wild West of Cooking | Melbourne |
10 | TB1B10 | Disk 6 | Singapore: New York in Twenty Years | Singapore |
11 | TB1B11 | Disk 6 | Let's Get Lost | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
12 | TB1B12 | Disk 6 | My Friend Linh | Hanoi, Vietnam |
13 | TB1B13 | Disk 6 | Thailand: One Night in Bangkok | Bangkok, Thailand and Singapore |
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