World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever
Anthony Bourdain traveled the world in search of unique and good food. This book was started before his suicide and published after he died. It is part travel guide and part food description. It goes place by place to explore many cities that he has visited on his shows. There is a quick synopsis of a city and why he loves it. (He loves just about every city for a different reason.) There is an opinionated description of how to get from the airport to the city and the hotel that he often stayed at. Then he explores some of the food places he likes. They are often small dive places that exemplify the local cuisine of the area. The descriptions include details of the restaurant and proprietors and why he liked the food and viewed the place as important. He traveled a lot and has his own views which seem to be at home with the upper class luxury as well as working stiffs. He does love meat, but finds India produces "good" vegetarian.
After starting Kitchen Confidential, I was ready to swear off restaurants. It sounded like the "norm" was for a bunch of staff to work just enough to get their next hit of drugs. Calling in sick was a no-no, so who knows the condition of the people making your food. There could be some random thing in there. The restaurant may be trying to move some nasty products that they had too much of. It was not a good site.