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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown follows chef and author Anthony Bourdain to extraordinary locations across the globe to celebrate diverse cultures exploring their food and dining rituals. Known for his curiosity, candor, and acerbic wit, Bourdain took viewers off the beaten path of tourist destinations – including some war-torn parts of the world – and met with a variety of local citizens to offer a window into their lifestyles, and occasionally communed with an internationally lauded chef on his journey.
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8 this season · 96 totals03e01 Punjab, India 2014-04-14 01:00
Punjab, India
In the Season 3 premiere of 'Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown,' Tony explores Punjab -- one of the most beautiful and relatively unknown areas of India. Punjab is the Sikh Holy Land, and is also India's agricultural breadbasket.
s03e02 Las Vegas 2014-04-21 01:00
Las Vegas
Anthony Bourdain travels to Las Vegas, a city known for over-indulgence, with food author Michael Ruhlman and visits locales that include Huntridge Tavern (in the shadow of the strip), and famed restaurant é by Jose Andres.
s03e03 Lyon, France 2014-04-28 01:00
Lyon, France
In this food-centric episode, Bourdain accompanies world-renowned chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud as they travel back to Boulud's hometown of Lyon, France for a 'once-in-a-lifetime' pilgrimage to the city's rich food culture and legendary chefs, with a focus on Nouvelle Cuisine innovator Paul Bocuse.
s03e04 Mexico City 2014-05-05 01:00
Mexico City
Bourdain travels to Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Cuernavaca to commune with local residents who express their passion through food, art, and the struggle for an improved quality of life. Bourdain talks with journalist Anabel Hernández on the impact of the area's drug trade-related violence and how it affects local quality of life.
s03e05 Russia 2014-05-12 01:00
Russia
On the eve of the Olympic games in Sochi, Bourdain takes his first trip in nearly 10 years to Russia, accompanied by his longtime traveling partner Zamir Gotta. Looking through the lens of a now Putin-controlled Russia, Bourdain confers with prominent locals, visits Moscow's historic Metropol Hotel, takes the Grand Express train to St. Petersburg, and explores the drinking and dining scene.
s03e06 Mississippi Delta 2014-05-12 01:00
Mississippi Delta
Bourdain goes off the beaten path and explores some of the food and history of Mississippi including downtown Jackson's Big Apple Inn, known for its 'Pig Ear Sandwich' and as a Civil Rights Era gathering place, and then travels into the Mississippi Delta to Po' Monkey's Social Club, a juke joint located in an old sharecropper structure.
s03e07 Thailand 2014-06-02 01:00
Thailand
Bourdain and his crew head to the Chiang Mai province of Northern Thailand along with celebrated chef and Thai food specialist Andy Ricker of Pok Pok restaurants to explore the country's distinctive eating and drinking scene that varies by region and season.
s03e08 Bahia, Brazil 2014-06-09 01:00
Bahia, Brazil
Parts Unknown tours Bahia, known as the 'African heart of Brazil' and internationally recognized for its Afro-Brazilian music, art, design, and food. A look at the dance/martial art of Capoeira, the region's legendary food vendors, Salvadoran fishing neighborhoods, and a BBQ on the beach are featured.