updated 2:10 PM EDT, Mon March 18, 2013
World-renowned chef, best-selling author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain is the host of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,"
CNN's new showcase for coverage of food and travel. The series is shot
entirely on location. "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" premieres
Sunday, April 14, at 9 p.m. ET
(CNN) -- Before I set out to travel this world, 12
years ago, I used to believe that the human race as a whole was
basically a few steps above wolves.
That given the slightest
change in circumstances, we would all, sooner or later, tear each other
to shreds. That we were, at root, self-interested, cowardly, envious and
potentially dangerous in groups. I have since come to believe -- after
many meals with many different people in many, many different places --
that though there is no shortage of people who would do us harm, we are
essentially good.
That the world is, in
fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the
best they can. Everybody, it turns out, is proud of their food (when
they have it). They enjoy sharing it with others (if they can). They
love their children. They like a good joke. Sitting at the table has
allowed me a privileged perspective and access that others, looking
principally for "the story," do not, I believe, always get.
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