Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Sichuan with Eric Ripert
TV Flash files “Sichuan with Eric Ripert” as hour 58 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 8, episode 3, aired 2016-10-16, 60 min.
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This leaf is S08E03: listed hour 58 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, hour 3 of 9 in season 8. It aired 2016-10-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Nashville” (S08E02). Next is “London” (S08E04).
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Michelin star chef, and all around good sport, Eric Ripert is introduced to China and Sichuan province by host and good friend Bourdain. Bourdain takes Ripert to the Sichuan province capital, Chengdu, testing his endurance with mouth-numbing, sinisterly spicy meals (like green peppercorn fish). They also visit the world's largest stone Buddha, seek out a local favorite rabbit head snack, and visit a legendary distillery for some Baijiu, a fermented sorghum wine. Ripert will never forget this trip.
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Where does Sichuan with Eric Ripert sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S08E03 is listed hour 58 of 95 — hour 3 of 9 in season 8, season 8 episode 3.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S08E03 air?
Sichuan with Eric Ripert aired 2016-10-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…