Extreme Cuisine: The Weird & Wonderful Foods that People Eat

by Jerry Hopkins, Anthony Bourdain (Foreword by), Michael Freeman (Photographer)

Overview

For nearly twenty years, Jerry Hopkins was a correspondent and contributing editor of Rolling Stone. He's written twenty-six books, including international bestsellers No One Here Gets Out Alive, Elvis: A Biography, and Elvis: The Final Years. His books cover a wide range of subjects, including history, humor, journalism, food, the environment, Polynesian culture, and, of course, biographies. A dedicated adventurer and food guru, he's also worked as a feature writer, reporter, and music critic for newspapers and as writer-producer in televison for Mike Wallace, Steve Allen, and Mort Sahl. He lives in Bangkok.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804854979
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	08/24/2021
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	729,505
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jerry Hopkins (1935-2018) published over 1,000 magazine articles and 38 books, including international bestsellers: No One Here Gets Out Alive: The Biography of Jim Morrison, and Elvis: The Biography. A pioneering correspondent and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, Hopkins developed a strong reputation as a travel writer while living in Bangkok, and regularly wrote for publications such as The New York Times and Conde Nast Traveler, and published many books, including Bangkok Babylon and Thailand Confidential.

Foreword writer:
Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018) was host of the Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, a 28-year veteran of professional kitchens, and the executive chef at New York's famed bistro, Les Halles. He is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, an international best-seller.

Photographer:
Michael Freeman is a professional photographer and author, with more than 100 book titles to his credit. He was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. He made the break from there in 1971 to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures extensively in the Amazon volume of their World's Wild Places series, including the cover, they encouraged him to begin a full-time photographic career.

Since then, working for editorial clients that include all the world's major magazines, and notably the Smithsonian Magazine (with which he has had a 30-year association, shooting more than 40 stories), Freeman's reputation has resulted in more than 100 books published. Of these, he is author as well as photographer, and they include more than 40 books on the practice of digital photography--for this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also responsible for the distance-learning courses on photography at the UK's Open College of the Arts.

Table of Contents

Foreword Anthony Bourdain 7

Photographer's Preface 9

Introduction 11

Mammals 16

Dogs & Cats 18

Horse 28

Bison, Water Buffalo & Yak 33

Rats & Mice 41

Hamsters, Gerbils & Guinea Pigs 46

Bats 49

Elephant 54

Primates & Other Bush Meat 57

Kangaroo 64

Bear 68

Whale 71

Camel 77

Guts 81

Ears, Eyes, Noses, Lungs, Tongues, Lips, Gums, Glands & Feet 85

Brains 92

Genitalia 95

Urine 101

Human Flesh 105

Reptiles & Water Creatures 114

Snake 115

Lizards 121

Alligator & Crocodile 125

Frog & Toad 131

Shark 135

Fugu 140

Jellyfish 145

Snails & Slugs 148

Worms 153

Fish Eggs 157

Birds 162

Balut 163

Ostrich & Emu 166

Rooster Comb, Wattle & Testicles, Duck Beak & Web, Chicken Feet & Odd Eggs 171

Songbirds, Pigeons & Doves 174

Birds' Nest 180

Insects, Spiders & Scorpions 187

Grasshoppers 190

Ants & Termites 193

Bees & Wasps 199

Spiders & Scorpions 202

Cockroaches 205

Beetles 208

Crickets & Cicadas 212

Butterflies & Moths 216

Flies 221

The Amazing Isan Bug-Catcher 224

Plants 226

Poisonous Plants 229

Flowers 234

Noni Fruit 239

Grass, Bark, Leaves, Wood & Sap 241

Marmite & Vegemite 246

Seaweed & Algae 250

Hallucinogenic Plants 254

Durian 259

Cactus 262

Leftovers 267

Blood 268

Live & Almost Alive 273

Fermented Food 277

Fake Food 283

Gold & Silver 289

Dirt 292

Dumpster Diving 296

Road Kill 299

Sex & Food 303

Excrement 306

Afterword 311

Selected Bibliography 317

Editorial Reviews

"A weird and wonderful book." —The Wall Street Journal

"I couldn't have written Cook's Tour without this book." —Anthony Bourdain

"No One Here Gets Out Alive…is Hopkin's most famous book. Seems like he could have used the same title here." —Playboy

"…you have to love a book with chapters titled Ears, Eyes, Noses, Lungs, Tongues, Lips, Gums, Glands and Feet. Well maybe love is too strong a word, but if you want to read about food while squirming as if at a horror movie, Extreme Cuisine will do it for you." —The Los Angeles Times

"…a visually stunning volume that is part history, part travelogue and part cookbook." —AsiaWeek

"It's delightfully disgusting." —Outside

"Perhaps this is the best food book for your friend on a diet." —Honolulu Magazine

"…an informative if stomach-turning tour de gastronome. Make sure you chow down first; you won't be hungry afterwards." —Time Magazine

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