i got us t-mobile home internet. >> anthony: really. what do you feel in this place? and when you leave search, duckduckgo helps keep companies from watching you as you brows. >> anthony: delicious! 11 Eateries in Queens Seen on Anthony Bourdain's We, too, sometimes become cranky while traveling, no matter how beautiful the country. To a great extent, thats already happened., Only to a point. While chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has spent the past 16 years traversing the world (and tasting it one exotic dish at a time), his roots go all the >> anthony: walking me through it all today, donwat singh. >> anthony: in one of the largest exchanges of populations in history, many millions of people fled their homes. Increasingly, though, to follow Bourdain is to be reminded how unlikely that life is, how the once-in-a-lifetime, freakishly lucky breaks that have become all too common in my lifeas he describes them in Medium Rawalmost certainly wont happen to us, too. He still cant help snickering at food celebrities, but previous punching bags like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray have become respected colleagues, if not outright friends. This latest food revolution is anything but populist, and Bourdains leading the charge. rent the car. And despite railing incessantly against theking, the clown, and the colonelBurger King, McDonalds, and KFChegave a book dealto Marilyn Hagerty, the 87-year-old restaurant critic for theGrand Forks Heraldwho became Gawker famous for her earnest review of an Olive Garden. >> rakejhwar: they did it, at our expense, and with our money. if this was what vegetarianism meant in most of the places that practice it in the west, i'd be at least half as much less of a dick about the subject. Chef Anthony Bourdain was one of the few celeb chefs who didnt hesitate to take us on a delicious journey across the world and its secret recipes. In his shows A Cooks Tour, No Reservations, Parts Unknown, and The Layover, Bourdain showed people that traveling can be a feast for the senses, literally! [ horn ] [ tires screeching ] >> anthony: day one in northern india, near the pakistan border. >> raaja: yes. Id kind of even hope that the 18-year-old me would sneer at the 57-year-old me. mmm. and there are, like countless dhabas to choose from in this, town, but this one is legendary. Eat Paraguay About Whereas the first episode of the new season offers the usual faredhabas in Punjab, India, cultural tensions at the Pakistan border, and a miserable train ride transformed by irresistibly charming children and breathtaking views of ridiculously deep valleysin the next two episodes hes on the opposite end of the spectrum, eating unimaginably exclusive meals. man, they bring you hot water bottles at night, put 'em under the covers. >> rakejhwar: and this house used to house the secretary of state to the crown. TOPIC FREQUENCY now cell phone users have priority over us. In short, we can relate to him. >> hashim: uh, they're doing a lot of corn, potatoes, peas -- >> anthony: and weed. oh what's that? complete with tudor architecture, rose gardens, afternoon tea. >> uday: no one wants to -- in their right mind wants to go into pakistan. great. rent - a - car. kesar da dhaba. >> anthony: then they put the fence -- >> uday: yes. you know, when giants fight, the minnows get trampled upon. >> sundeep: dhaba, is called dhaba. it was india that paid the bill for all this grandeur, for all this pomp, for all this show. it's good. they can only grow some kind of crops. almost immediately, religious violence broke out on a mass scale. >> anthony: there's uh, like a roti with a ground mutton? Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | Apple TV Ryan Kearney is the executive editor of NewRepublic.com. between the ruled, and the rulers. >> rakejhwar: mutton glace chops. while my stomach growls, i become the kind of traveler i warn against. Bourdain looks at the Congo as one of the more industrialized powers in Africa now largely crumbled to nothingness and chaos. we offer the car. one that few still remember. >> reggie: i've been to many places where it reminded me of what shimla had been when the british first came and settled there. >> anthony: tonight, dinner at chapslee. That time is the focus of the final episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, an hour of television that tells the story of the legendary chef and author's influences, friends, and heroes. And it's only fittingeven depressingly poeticthat Bourdain's final show, his unfinished travel story, is about the man himself. and your marriage survived that? Recipes Explore Parts Unknown here, at waga. The series won Bourdain and team numerous Emmy awards. a climb of around 5,000 feet, over a hundred tunnels, more than 800 bridges, an engineering feat, a job that when you consider the time, defies imagining. He realized that he could travel virtually anywhere and find someone who would be happy to share a meal and a laugh, and that showing as much could be more than enough. the remnants of british rule can still be seen and felt. >> raaja: it was something what you would call halfway between a regular daal, a lentil, which you would eat, and a broth. from the horrific 2006 train bombings, to the militant attacks in mumbai, the threat of terrorism along this border is a daily concern. Sure, hes capitalizing on his fame with a book line and food market,but he turned down far more offers, from a cookware set to a South Beach restaurant. Over the years, Bourdains approach to his shows became less about what he was going to eat and more about who he was going to meet. i arrive, it's like, "oh, well there's snacks on the way!" work it girl! and the special ingredient, magic hands. and don't take it if you are on dialysis. in the punjab, meat, or no meat, you're almost guaranteed a free-for-all of intense colors, flavors, and spices. S1, Ep2 21 Apr. many, many died. Bourdains greatest flaw, though, is in not fully acknowledging how Americas culinary culture has changed since Kitchen Confidentialfor the worse, in some respects. All this, without ever becomingagain, by his own admissionthe great chef or writer he aspired to. oh i'll take that yeah right here my good man. But becausemany Americans are savvy enough now to know when a culinary offense is being committed,we no longer need Anthony Bourdain to eviscerateFieris gaudy fusions or Deens diabetes factory. shimla was once known as the queen of all hill stations. Heres how to make chef Masa Takayamas sukiyaki. So Bourdain has turned to yet easier targets, lancing pop-chefs like Paula Deen and Guy Fieri and even an inoffensive food writer like The New York Times Mark Bittman. Now, hes like a journalist who becomes the White House spokesman: Rather than pointing out the bullshit, hes stepping in it. He didnt always succeed at the (admittedly mammoth) task of painting a complete picture of a country in 45 minutes or less, but he always strived to do right by his hosts, granting them the same generosity they bestowed upon him. but then i found clearchoice. learn more at boost.com/tv (vo) what can a nationwide 5g network from t-mobile for business do for your business? generally speaking, punjabis are famous for being a warrior class, taller, bigger. >> anthony: mmm! so, they put up a fence but the fence is on the indian side. let's be honest. With the slight relaxation of control by the government of Myanmar, Tony is finally able to explore one of the most beautiful areas of Asia. Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight. wow. >> navroop: oh, yeah! [ cheering ]. farming? this is exactly what the partition had been intended to avoid. learn more at boost.com/tv hi. Im a person who grew up with a fair amount of self-loathing and neurotic first-world guilt, he told me. but all my snarkiness fades as i reflect, and one can't help but reflect, on what it took to dig, drag, blast, and tunnel one's way up this route back in the day. you know like if my knees could. on the Internet. >> anthony: my fellow guests, two of reggie's friends. >> anthony: mmm. >> donwat singh: we have a teaching that everyone should serve. Bourdain was less a witness to this era than a key ingredient. He was raised in Leonia, New Jersey, a comfortable suburb of New York City, by francophile parents who taught him how to eat adventurouslyhis dad a camera salesman and record-store manager who later became an executive at Columbia Records, and his mom a housewife who later become a copyeditor at the New York Times. >> anthony: those brits really left beautiful buildings. something local, regional, iconically wonderful? After all, todays auteurs are capitalizing on their fame much as their celebrity predecessors did, with restaurant empires and cookbooks and TV shows. they are restricted by many things. >> sundeep: is it good? Uploaded by business can happen anytime, anywhere. >> anthony: here, back before the rail line, it would be a difficult trip. this is one of the few places in the world that i could eat vegetarian every day and still be happy. overrun by its namesakes. Butat least Bourdain served time for his misbehavior, slaving away for years in uninspired kitchens and eventually working his way up from forgotten haunts to two-star restaurants. Success isnt all its cracked up to be, and yet, paradoxically, we also aspire to his uncompromised success. Thats made being Bourdain an increasingly awkward pursuit. as one does, or once did. >> sundeep: that's called naan. >> navroop: nice? Anthony Bourdain has become the celebrity he loved to hate. >> anthony: three hundred years. Eat Masa's Japan. loads of -- >> anthony: as an export product or for personal use for uh -- >> hashim: oh everything. a free vegetarian meal served to many thousands of visitors from every walk of life, every day of the year. >> donwat singh: sixteen hours a day. Thats just the privilege that Ive enjoyed since the beginning, and havent really never seen any other compelling reason to be any other way or behave any differently. you know this is the most successful business here. You know, he told me, these things can vaporize overnight, and when it does end I dont want to look back and feel embarrassed about the things Ive done. you had a fireplace, a hearth in every room. >> anthony: right. oh. look, it's fascinating and beautiful. TV Archive To watch him on TV and read his books is not simply to travel vicariously or peek behind the kitchen door; his stories offer the hope that, with the right luck, you too could stumble overnight into such a life, whether its Bourdains or something else entirelya job you only entertain in your deepest daydreams, a Hollywood actor or tech titan or pop star. is that correct? >> donwat singh: should be served to other people. now available in cinnabon bakery-inspired flavor. Hes bulletproof. The book instantly turned him into a food celebrity, which must have come as a shock to the journeyman chef and unexceptional pulp-fiction writer. home internet shouldn't be a luxury. But hes a brand, whether he likes it or not,and Bourdain Inc. is more lucrative than ever: Parts Unknown wasjust renewed for four more seasons, hes planning aninternational street-food market in New York City, and he has his own book-publishing line with HarperCollins Ecco. there's so much history here. that's mine! the school kids in their uniforms cheer in unison every time we pass through one of the tunnels. mmm. those smiles. [ tires screeching ] [ horn ] you find it on the streets. And Bourdain was as willing to insult himself as othershe has always been his own harshest critic. Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). this is a glimpse into the no-too-distant future of lincoln. it is a kind of a throb that i feel. 2013 Los Angeles 7.7 (200) Rate i'll get a bag of peanuts. >> anthony: at the end of the meal there's coffee, brandy, and cigars in the sitting room. In all his curiosity, coolness, and righteousness, he taught us that we can find beauty in Search the history of over 806 billion Ive been basically, since Day One, getting paid to be me, and Im fine with that.. >> anthony: morning. ripped apart in one of the hastiest, ill-considered partitions imaginable. then we found shipstation. and my type 2 diabetes means i'm also a target. kinda cute, little train. Almost. what is now pakistan. >> anthony: what are they growing? this is the iconic dish of punjab. in amritsar they have a saying -- the best food isn't cooked in people's homes. all are welcome, of any faith or caste. everywhere. so there was a lot of tension. >> uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. so powerful people. getting there you might well have an opportunity to meet one of those deities, as you tear around narrow, guardrail-free mountain roads, overlooking terrifying drop-offs. This book kills snark dead,Bourdain, TVs snarkiest food celebrity, wrotein its preface. >> voice: ready. These are Parts Unknown indeednot places you can access simply by buying a plane ticket and a Lonely Planet. Parts Unknown Hawaii Its true that, in later episodes, Bourdain travels to Mexico City, the Mississippi Delta, Sochi, and Thailand. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. i've been going all morrissey for like two days now and frankly, that's enough. I see people ground under the wheel constantly. but that was a different time, you know. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown it's what sanctuary could look like feel like sound like even smell like. >> anthony: for how many years? it's time. pakistan is twins, separated at birth. free of cost. my denh i had periodontal disease, and i just didn't feel well. Sure, he appreciated fine dining (his No Reservations episode about Spains legendary restaurant El Bulli is a series highlight). Hey, Im pretty happy lately. Sure, hes lost his edge, but, as always, hes the first to admit it. >> reggie: my grandfather, it's very difficult to describe what did he do? CNN.com - Transcripts >> anthony: the punjab is a fertile region in an otherwise very dry country. Even the most vaunted chefs, Bourdain constantly reminded his viewers, owe everything to the everyday kitchens that first taught them what loving food could truly mean.