Cook's tour

[ kooks ]

noun

1. a guided but cursory tour of the major features of a place or area.

Cook's tour

noun

1. informal.
   a rapid but extensive tour or survey of anything

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cook's tour¹

1905–10; after Thomas Cook (1808–92), English travel agent

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cook's tour¹

C19: after Thomas Cook ²

Example Sentences

An excerpt ripping Kissinger from late chef Anthony Bourdain's book, “A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal,” published after his death in 2018, also circulated online Wednesday, according to HuffPost.

From Salon

Also not the easiest of colleagues, and not a natural TV host at first, per his longtime producers Lydia Tenaglia and Christopher Collins, who began working with Bourdain on the Food Network series “A Cook’s Tour.”

From Los Angeles Times

More “Cook’s Tour” footage shows the consumption of a live cobra heart, from when stunt-eating was Bourdain’s stock-in-trade, and he notes, all casual bravado, “It kind of pumps on its way down.”

From Seattle Times

Since he started traveling and eating on camera with the Food Network’s “A Cook’s Tour” in 2000, the chef, frequent dropper of f-bombs and insatiable eater of delicious things had spent the majority of his time in the field, most recently for his CNN show “Parts Unknown.”

From New York Times

Then, when I found Anthony Bourdain's book and also his first show, "A Cook's Tour," he had a voice that I recognized from punk rock.

From Salon