Anthony Bourdain In Lebanon
Anthony Bourdain is the kind of travel writer that Hunter S. Thompson would have been had he started up in the restaurant industry. He drinks too much
For Bourdain, food is the great equalizer. It's hard to hate someone with whom you've broken bread. The local dishes lend insight into the character and psyche of a country. Sharing a table humanizes and demystifies those who are exotic to our way of thinking.
Tonight, "No Reservations" will be airing an episode that shows Bourdain traveling to Beirut, Lebanon just in time to witness the first bombings by Israel. Trapped in a war zone, he listens to the resignation of the locals and reserves most of his scorn for the US Embassy.
For a food and travel lover like me, No Reservations is Must-See TV anyway. But to get some images and impressions of the conflict in Lebanon unlike anything you're going to see on mainstream media, this is the episode to watch.