Know Detroit Bourdain, off the cuff: Detroit “Detroit has a reputation as a tough town, but that toughness is about resilience, too.”
Know Director's Cut ‘He was obsessively curious and had an autobahn-speed brain’ Singer Alison Mosshart remembers Bourdain.
Know Lower East Side Bourdain, off the cuff: Lower East Side “You move to New York to immigrate to a new land to start a new life and that’s really what the Lower East Side is all about.”
Know Lower East Side ‘There is a strange energy that danger creates’ Cro-Mags co-founder Harley Flanagan on growing up on the Lower East Side.
Go Lower East Side The East Village Author Jeremiah Moss recalls when luxury condos came to the East Village.
Know Morocco Bourdain’s field notes: Morocco “This week’s show is not about Morocco. Nor is it about Tangier precisely. It’s about the intersection between the Old World and the New.”
Go Shanghai The perfect day in Shanghai Scour the markets, get your fill of dumplings, and take in the sights of this hypermodern Chinese megalopolis.
Drink Detroit Little Mary’s River Inn The owners of this Detroit mainstay say it’s the “Black Cheers.”
Eat Shanghai Recipe: Little Alley’s xiaolongbao Chef Yuchun Cheung shares his recipe for Shanghai-style soup dumplings.
Know Masa's Japan Bourdain’s field notes: Masa’s Japan “[This episode] is food porn at its finest — but first and foremost a portrait of an artist and his journey.”