Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

201212 seriesEntertainment / Factual
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Anthony Bourdain had no reservations about a move to CNN. Shortly after concluding an eight-season stint at the helm of his popular Travel Channel series, the equally popular Emmy-winning host came to the news network searching for `Parts Unknown'. In the hourlong weekend series - similar in premise to Travel's `No Reservations' - Bourdain explores the world to, he says, `eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice ... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get'. Enticed by the opportunity to experience cultures rarely visited by American TV, such as in the Congo, Libya and Myanmar, the chef and best-selling author also takes viewers to Colombia, Peru, Morocco and, closer to home, Koreatown in Los Angeles.

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Episode 1South Korea

New. Bourdain heads to hyper-modern Seoul, where he enjoys Korean fried chicken and 'army stew' budae jjigae, made with Spam, baked beans, frankfurters, ramen noodles and kimchi.

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Episode 2Miami

New. Bourdain visits the B&M market in 'Little Haiti' for cow foot soup, samples a different take on the Cuban sandwich, and explores 'The Miami Sound' with Questlove and Willie Clark.

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Episode 3Scotland

New. Bourdain visits Glasgow, where he stops at the Old College Bar, learns knife defence techniques, heads to the Highlands with writer A.A. Gill, and samples deep-fried haggis.

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Episode 4Madagascar

Joined by Darren Aronofsky, Bourdain visits Tana to sample the cuisine of legendary chef Mariette Andrianjaka, including a goose specialty and broth with chicken and ginger.

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Episode 5New Jersey

Bourdain travels to his childhood home state with his brother Chris and rekindles memories at classic roadside joint Hiram's and Barnegat Light in Ocean County.

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Episode 6Budapest

Bourdain explores Budapest, and samples goulash, fisherman's soup, blood sausage, stuffed cabbage and a golden brown pancake heaped with chicken liver and bone marrow.

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Episode 7Hawaii

Bourdain explores the Hawaii that tourists don't see, meets with travel writer Paul Theroux, and communes with residents of Molokai for a meal at an ancient oceanside fish pond.

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Episode 8Beirut

Bourdain visits 'the Paris of the Middle East', where he has a classic Lebanese meal with activist Joumana Haddad, and visits a Syrian community with Nick Paton Walsh.

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