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Old news reels intermixed with gorgeous images of local landscape and people, an open and honest conversation about socioeconomics and politics, and a plate full of food -- these are the ingredients to one of this season's best episodes yet.

Bourdain's insights on the relationship between food, culture, and politics hit close to home for many viewers Sunday. It's his ability to observe a destination with the same degree of truth and humor in Israel as in the U.S. that makes Parts Unknown such a rarity.

Parts Unknown takes an honest and holistic look at the world and at travel, considering the impact politics, history, and location have on the people who call a country home and those that cover millions of miles to see it. We're looking forward to season two.

Parts Unknown has proved itself to be an insightful look at the world of travel and food, where the two intersect, and their very real socioeconomic impacts. Next week is the last season and we’ll be sad to see it end so quickly.

Parts Unknown has officially arrived. Giving insights into a country as unkown to the average American as Libya is feat unto itself, but making viewers feel connected to Libyans is an obstacle that few other than Bourdain would be able to achieve.

Bourdain compares the realities of a destination against its reputation built up by those that loved it best in Tangier, as well as indulges viewers with insight into Bourdain’s personal taste for literature, drugs, and travel.

It's hard not to focus on the gluttony in this episode (enviously, not judgmentally). But this was about Quebecois identity and the changing face of Canada as much as it was about delicious food.

Episode three sets high goals for the rest of the season: Bourdain succeeds in dispelling myths about much discussed destination. This and similar episodes are not only important for each country’s people, but for Part’s Unknown viewers who are one step closer to understanding their complicated past.

This week Bourdain succeeded in telling a new and intriguing story to viewers about an under-apperciated culture and cuisine that exists in a major U.S. city; a discovery as valuable as insights into foreign destinations.

"Parts Unknown" brings the world to life in a way that CNN has largely ignored on its U.S. channel. Bourdain gets to do what the news programs on CNN can't do: Dive into how real people live without featuring the opinions of ridiculous talking heads.