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peru is a country that s historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there s something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it, and fetishize it. i m talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it s now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. i m joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before i ve re-immersed myself in the booming lima food scene. i took a walk through this beautiful world. felt the cool rain on my shoulder. found something good in this beautiful world. i m in peru with this guy, eric ripert. the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. that s funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant, le bernardin, in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate. so that s why we re in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, we re spend ....
coque: the the street food in peru is starting to disappear, really disappear, yeah. anthony: really? why? coque: because, you know, the neighbors, they anthony: oh, the neighbors complain? coque: complain. anthony: our friend coque brought us to this place. [ coque speaking spanish ] anthony: to dona pochita, a street stall named for the lady who runs the joint. [ coque speaking spanish ] [ anthony laughs ] anthony: they specialize in one thing. coque: beef heart, anticuchos. anthony: anticuchos is quechan for skewered meat. this stuff, they say, goes back all the way to the incas and was as immediately popular with the spanish conquistadors as it is today. ooh, that looks good. which is to say, i must have some. damn. traditionally, a mix of beef hearts and other animal parts. coque: chicken hearts. anthony: yes. coque: you have a gizzards and there s tripe. anthony: right. marinated in garlic, cumin, and onion, maybe a little vinegar. oh yeah. grill t ....
You re not loving that, are you? eric: no. anthony: imagine you took a lot of acid and then you ate that whole bowl of ants, and then you go home and you experience violent diarrhea. and, like, you re tripping and it s like, 4:00 in the morning, and you turn around and you look at the toilet and like, all these ant heads floating around in there. it d be cool. eric: yeah, it would be super cool, tony. i can t wait. [ anthony laughs ] anthony: so now that we ve confirmed what we already knew, that peru s food is unequivocally awesome, it seems proper that we take a trip back in time to meet the forebears of this country s rich cultural legacy. the larco herrera museum in lima has a massive collection of pre-columbian artifacts. and, looking at them, you get an idea of what these ancient peoples were like, how they lived. ....
fred: yeah. anthony: and a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. fred: they don t they don t make it to the end. usually i have to, like [ anthony laughs ] fred: i have to, like anthony: eat the pruneau. fred: prematurely open the open the david: you don t like pruneau? anthony: you know what, i m thinking this and i m thinking, oh, that s really [ bleep ] up. but i m also thinking, you know, i gotta do that. i m gonna do that. and actually my daughter would totally be into it. man: what s my safelite story? i spend a lot of time in my truck. it s my livelihood. rock music man: so i m not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked. ....
Fred morin s perfect world we would all travel by rail. it would still be the golden age of rail travel. so, uh, tell me about the great canadian rail system. fred: it s purely emotional. anthony: really? fred: there s nothing rational about it. anthony: fred it what one might call, conservatively, an aficionado. how extreme is your railroad nerdism? david: this is how bad it gets. operating manual anthony: for this model of train? david: this is yeah. this model. fred: yes. anthony: so you have other operating manuals. david: this is how fred: yes. [ anthony laughs ] anthony: books, printed ephemera, collectibles. fred retains an enduring love for the great iron horses that still take passengers across the frozen land he calls home. but it s something more than just nostalgia. it s also an appreciation for a dying art. fred: i mean, it s like the old cruise ships or you transport your comfort, you know? anthony: in those halcyon days of cross-countr ....