Jerry Hopkins
Список книг автора Jerry HopkinsExtreme Cuisine
"I could not have written <i>A Cook's Tour</i> without this book. There is so much I would have missed. So dig in. Enjoy… Eat. Eat adventurously. Miss nothing. It's all here in these pages." <b>—From the Foreword by Anthony Bourdain</b> <br><br>Sit down for a meal with the locals on six continents—what they are eating may surprise you. <i>Extreme Cuisine</i> examines eating habits across the globe, showing once and for all that one man's road kill is another man's delicacy! <br><br>"I've tried to make this book a guide to how the other half dines and why. Over a period of twenty-five years I've augmented my meat-and-potatoes upbringing in the United States to try a wide variety of regional specialties, from steamed water beetles, fried grasshoppers and ants, to sparrow, bison and crocodile. I've eaten deep-fried bull's testicles in Mexico, live shrimp sushi in Hawaii, mice cooked over an open wood fire in Thailand, pig stomach soup in Singapore, minced water buffalo and yak butter tea in Nepal, stir-fried dog tongue, and «five penis wine» in China." <b>—From the introduction by Jerry Hopkins</b><br><br> Dive headfirst into food culture from around the world. Join author Jerry Hopkins on a culinary and cultural tour as he explores foods that may seem bizarre, and often off-putting, to us. As he says, «What is considered repulsive to someone in one part of the world, in another part of the world is simply considered lunch.» <br><br>Part travelogue, part cultural commentary and history, and part cookbook (yes, really), with <i>Extreme Cuisine</i> anyone can become an adventurous eater—or at least learn what it's like to be one. <br><br><b>Chapters include:<ul></b><li>Mammals</li><li>Reptiles & Water Creatures</li><li>Birds</li><li>Insects, Spiders & Scorpions</li><li>Plants</li><li>Leftovers</li></ul>
Asian Aphrodisiacs
"Tiger penis soup? Rhino horn on the oyster half shell? Give me a break!" So says bestselling author Jerry Hopkins as he meets the people, visits the places, and «road tests» dozens of Asia's most popular aphrodisiacs in the first definitive survey of the region's best and worst «turn-on's.»Expanding the usual definition to include lotions as well as potions, sex toys and aromatherapy, music and massage, exotic Asian belief systems, pornography and a variety of surgical procedures, he travels from his home in Bangkok to Tokyo, Jakarta, Hong Kong and Kathmandu in search of the region's most exciting pick-me-ups. Along the way, he discovers that Asia was first in the development and prescription of aphrodisiacs, first in pornography and sex toys, and first in breast and penis enhancement surgery.In this exhaustively researched and often hilarious investigation of a subject that has held the world enthralled for thousands of years, the author discovers that Asia has been-and still is-in the lead when it comes to the promise of sexual enhancement. And to his surprise, he also finds several things that work.
Thailand Confidential
"Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant, get hit by a motorcycle, eat giant water bugs, blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth, then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you don't, but, happily, Jerry Hopkins has done all that and more—lots more—in this darkly humorous, deeply affectionate, clear-eyed but never patronizing portrait of Thailand, his adopted home. Highly recommended." —<b>Tim Cahill, author of <i>Lost in My Own Backyard, Hold the Enlightenment</i> and <i>Jaguars Ripped My Flesh</i></b><br><br>"After over a decade in the country, Hopkins knows and loves his subject dearly—that much is obvious—and his vivid portrait projects that love from every page." —<b>Jann Wenner, editor and founder of <i>Rolling Stone Magazine</i></b> <br><br>"A loving expose of everything that's wonderful about Thailand, and much that isn't. Should be required reading for all newcomers." —<b>Joe Cummings, author of the <i>Lonely Planet Thailand Guide</i></b> <br><br>Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s, and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visa—a big, white <i>farang</i> haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of «The Land of Smiles» to hilarious—and sometimes disturbing—effect. Travel with him to a place where whisky is rum, water buffaloes are gay, insects are dinner, dildos are lucky charms, and your wildest adolescent fantasies can come true (for a nominal fee).
Strange Foods
This gastrological romp shares tales of gustatory tidbits from six continents.Weaving history and autobiography, author Jerry Hopkins regales with an array of startling facts about the world's eating habits.Strange Foods begins with rat tales from the Roman Empire and imperial China and continues on to stories form locales where rat remains a mouth-watering hors d'oeuvre or hearty entrée today. There are at least 40 serving suggestions for crocodile alone!And there are more than 250 photographs from acclaimed photographer Michael Freeman, whose aim is true and who eats what he shoots. This is gonzo food writing that's sure to change your mind, if not your palate.
Bangkok Babylon
In the colorful tradition of Orwell and Hemingway, Maugham and Theroux, Jerry Hopkins recalls his first decade as a Bangkok expatriate by profiling twenty-five of the city's most unforgettable characters. Among them are the man thought to be the model for Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now , an advertising executive who photographs Thai bargirls for Playboy , an Oscar-winning screenwriter who moved there to die, a Catholic priest who has lived and worked in the Bangkok slums for 35 years, a circus dwarf turned computer programmer turned restaurateur, three Vietnam war helicopter pilots who opened a go-go bar, a pianist at one of the world's best hotels who ended up on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, a gem dealer who smuggles antiquities from Burma and Cambodia, a detective who tracks runaways who fake their deaths, and a documentary filmmaker who lives with elephants. All of them «escaped» to Thailand to re-invent themselves and live out their fantasies in one of the world's most notorious cities.
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Siin on Jim Morrison kogu oma mitmekülgsuses – laulja, filosoof, luuletaja, mässaja –, hiilgav, karismaatiline ja kinnismõtteline otsijavaim, kes trotsis võime selle kõikides vormides, avastaja, kes kompas „tegelikkuse piire, et näha, mis juhtub …” Seitse aastat kirjutasid seda biograafiat kaks meest, kelle empaatiavõime ja kokkupuude Jim Morrisoniga andis neile ainulaadse ettevalmistuse selle kaasaegse tragöödia jutustamiseks: Jerry Hopkins, kelle kuulus Presley biograafia „Elvis” sündis tänu Morrisoni toetusele, ja Danny Sugerman, Doorsi usaldusmees ja abiline. See klassikaline menuk näitab teile Sisalikukuningat täiesti uues valguses ning võtab teid endaga teisele poole kaasa.