Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Bourdain's Roman holiday takes a cinematic turn influenced by his tour guides actress Asia Argento screenwriter/director Abel Ferrara and a host of larger-than-life Romans who take him inside a Rome for the locals.

Bourdain explores the Brazilian heartland, home to baroque architecture, lush hillsides and mineiro cuisine which includes broiled chicken served in a sauce made using its own blood that the host samples during a traditional country meal.

Bourdain's trip to meat-centric Buenos Aires features a meal at famous local spot Don Carlito's and an after-hours soccer match.

Guided by chef Masa Takayama, Bourdain’s return trip to Japan begins with a tour of outdoor food markets, followed by a conversation with an ex-geisha at her teahouse, and a special omakase experience at Tokyo’s acclaimed Sushi Ko.

Bourdain explores Houston’s diverse cultures, taking in a Bollywood-style dance in a grocery store, a Quinceanera in Pasadena, the city’s slab car parade, Viet-Bayou crawfish, East Texas barbecue, and a Congolese-Cajun stew.

Visiting post Brexit vote, Bourdain finds comfort in British cuisine like bone marrow at Fergus Henderson’s St. John, and Scotch eggs at Princess Victoria Pub with Nigella Lawson, plus a meeting with artist Ralph Steadman at his studio.

Michelin star chef Eric Ripert is introduced to China and Sichuan province by host and good friend Bourdain who tests his endurance with mouth-numbing sinisterly spicy meals (like green peppercorn fish).

Bourdain absorbs the tastes sights and sounds of music city from chef Josh Habiger's Catbird Seat and Bolton's famous hot chicken to a night of cooking drinking and rocking out with singer Alison Mosshart and her bandmates.

Bourdain joins the locals as he motorbikes through Vietnam’s capital and indulges in its singular cuisine with president Barack Obama, who, over a dish of Bun Cha, shares personal stories and reflects on his own international travels.