Around the World for Love of Food

Categories: Travel , Staff Picks

Anthony Bourdain has published a fantastic memoir of his travels in No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach (2007). It is mostly a book of photographs taken by his small crew who travels with him on the production of his Travel Channel series, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Anthony comments on all the pictures and muses about how each location affected him.

On TV it looks like such a wonderful vacation, traveling around and eating as a way of life. These photos and the accompanying insights, however, reveal the bitter truth: They really are having a ball. Although the locations are not always plush, and they have to deal with some pretty hard things, these folks are true ambassadors for peace. They respectfully share food and lifestyle with real people in real places all over the world. I feel lucky to vicariously go along.