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For His Love of Vietnam: Muc Nhoi Thit and Cà Phê Trứng #CooktheBooks

  For the June-July selection of  Cook the Books , Claudia from  Honey from Rock  invited the group to read  A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain. Read  her invitation  and join the fun, if you wish, because you still have more than a month before the deadline. Four years ago this month he committed suicide and the world lost a poignant, candid voice about food, about cooks, and about the often detrimental effect America has had on countries and cultures around the world.  This #CooktheBooks assignment has launched me down the Tony Bourdain rabbit hole this month. In years past I read and posted about  Kitchen Confidential  and  Medium Raw .  But this was my first time reading this book. Jake and I just watched  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain . And I just started streaming the series he was filming as he wrote this month's book selection! His life was simultaneously...