Extreme cuisine: the weird and wonderful foods that people eat

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Foreword by Anthony Bourdain; photographer's preface; introduction; CHAPTER ONE Mammals; Dogs & Cats; Bison, Water Buffalo & Yak; Rats & Mice; Hamsters, Gerbils & Guinea Pigs; Bats; Elephant; Bear; Whale; Camel; Guts; Ears, Eyes, Noses, Lungs, Tongues, Lips, Gums, Glands & Feet; Brains; Genitalia; Urine; Human Flesh; CHAPTER TWO Reptiles & Water Creatures; Snake; Lizards; Alligator & Crocodile; Frog & Toad; Shark; Fugu; Jellyfish; Snails & Slugs; Worms; Fish Eggs; CHAPTER THREE Birds; Balut; Ostrich & Emu; Rooster Comb, Wattle & Testicles, Duck Beak & Web, Chicken Feet & Odd Eggs.;Sit down for a meal with the locals on six continents - what they eat may surprise you. Extreme Cuisine examines eating habits across the global neighborhood, showing once and for all that road kill for one culture is restaurant fare for another!. "I could not have written A Cook's Tour without this book. There is so much I would have missed. And experience has shown me that no matter how frightening a dish may look on the page, in front of you, on the table, with a proud host watching your first tasting--and the accompaniment of much local beverage, it's almost always worth the ride. For. Foreword by Anthony Bourdain photographer's preface introduction CHAPTER ONE Mammals Dogs & Cats Bison, Water Buffalo & Yak Rats & Mice Hamsters, Gerbils & Guinea Pigs Bats Elephant Bear Whale Camel Guts Ears, Eyes, Noses, Lungs, Tongues, Lips, Gums, Glands & Feet Brains Genitalia Urine Human Flesh CHAPTER TWO Reptiles & Water Creatures Snake Lizards Alligator & Crocodile Frog & Toad Shark Fugu Jellyfish Snails & Slugs Worms Fish Eggs CHAPTER THREE Birds Balut Ostrich & Emu Rooster Comb, Wattle & Testicles, Duck Beak & Web, Chicken Feet & Odd Eggs. Songbirds, Pigeons & DovesBirds' Nest CHAPTER FOUR Insects, Spiders & Scorpions Grasshoppers Ants & Termites Bees & Wasps Spiders & Scorpions Cockroaches Beetles Crickets & Cicadas Butterflies & Moths, Flies CHAPTER FIVE Plants Poisonous Plants Flowers Noni Fruit Grass, Bark, Leaves, Wood & Sap Marmite & Vegemite Seaweed & Algae Hallucinogenic Plants Durian Cactus CHAPTER SIX Leftovers Blood Live & Almost Alive Fermented Food Fake Food Gold & Silver Dirt Dumpster Diving Road Kill Sex & Food Excrement Afterword Selected Bibliography.