The first trip to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. While the political situation is often tense between the people here, Anthony Bourdain focuses on local chefs, home cooks, writers and amateur foodies. This trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was recorded in 2012. 

Original airdate: 2013, Season 2

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Anthony Bourdain visits Congo, the setting of one of his favorite books, Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and the basis for one of his favorite movies, the classic "Apocalypse Now."

Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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Anthony Bourdain and his friend, world-renowned chef Eric Ripert, move from hip, modern Lima back in time into pre-Columbian Peru. Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya. Anthony looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music--of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight. Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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Anthony Bourdain explores the "Interzone", where artists like Burroughs, Bowles, and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces. Does that “anything goes” attitude still exist?

Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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The two funniest and most brilliant chefs/ restauranteurs in Canada, Joe Beef's Dave McMillan and Fred Morin, take us across Canada by rail. Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Anthony explores several regions of the country, from the mountains down to the Caribbean coast to the coca leaf growing inlands. 

Original airdate: 2013, Season 1.

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Anthony Bourdain visits LA, specifically, the 3 square mile area of Koreatown, where he finds a tight-knit community marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.

Original airdate: 2013, Season 1 

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Anthony Bourdain explores one of the most fabled and beautiful areas of Asia: Myanmar, from the largest city of Yangon to the remote Bagan temple.

Original airdate: 2013, Season 1

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