The Most Beautiful Episode Tony Ever Made Was a Love Letter | Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Down here in the heel of the boot — Puglia, Basilicata, the part of Italy the travel magazines forget exists — the red earth has a magnetic pull, the food is Italian but completely its own, and somewhere underneath the olive groves and the whitewashed trulli lives a barely-concealed tradition of paganism that the Catholic Church never quite managed to kill. Asia Argento pointed Bourdain here, Francis Ford Coppola fed him a five-course meal in a former Mussolini palace and admitted he'd rather not talk about The Godfather, a nonna steamrolled him with religious fervor when all he wanted was to talk about pasta, and somewhere in a darkened masseria, women in white dresses writhed on the floor to tambourines in a ritual that started as a spider-bite cure and ended as something far older and stranger than anyone had a name for. Shot on Panavision anamorphic lenses, inspired by Sergio Leone, and awarded an Emmy for its writing — this is the episode Bourdain called his most beautiful, and for once, he wasn't being modest.

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Travel the globe with the legendary chef, author, and storyteller Anthony Bourdain as he uncovers the soul of a destination through its food, culture, and politics. Far more than just a cooking show, Parts Unknown dives deep into the corners of the world rarely seen on TV—eating with locals, exploring diverse culinary rituals, and asking the hard questions.

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