Eat This, Not That ~ Eat This AND That!!

Ever ponder what it would be like to experience an entire year of traveling among the most wonderfully food-centered cultures of our planet? The mere thought of this hypothetical sends chills down my spine. The peopling of our world embraces thousands of years of culinary trial and error, only to arrive at the ultimate in perfection; hell, I could spend 100 years just in Asia. What would you do with one year, a blank check and nothing to do but explore, eat, reflect and do it all over again the very next day. I think I have just described the life of Anthony Bourdain. This current gig of his is absolutely unparalled in the annals of anything, and like any thoughtful human being, he certainly does not take this for granted. What amazing set of string theory accidents propelled him from a baby into this most amazing adventure. You could not make this up in a thousand years. What is the learining here? It is this: someone was needed to jack hammer us out of our slumbering mediocraty, as we have been narcotized with opulence and don't even have a clue, save for a few very lucky souls, how rich and complete life can be. We do not echo anything worthwhile, particularly when a simple rice paddy farmer has more character and beauty at each footfall, than we can amass in a lifetime. Broken and bended at the back, day after day, yet...