Cooking in the Danger Zone
Season 1
2006 · 5 episodes
1. Afghanistan
2006-07-18 · 60m
This week food writer Stefan Gates cooks his way around Afghanistan, finding out how the country's reconstruction is going. He samples the testicles of the legendary fat-tailed sheep, known to the locals as the Afghan Viagra; narrowly avoids being blown up by abandoned Soviet scud missiles; and has dinner with a former Taliban commander.
2. South Korea
2006-07-25 · 60m
Is there anything wrong with eating dogs? Stefan visits a farm where over 2,000 dogs are raised for their meat. He also picks up a few recipes from "Dr Dogmeat" and hears allegations that dogs are tortured to death. But when it comes to the crunch, will he tuck in?
3. Uganda
2006-08-01 · 60m
In the third episode Stefan visits a camp for internally displaced people in war-torn Northern Uganda, to find out how people survive on meagre UN food rations. The UN gives them just 60% of their daily needs, so where do they find the rest? With rebels patrolling the nearby countryside, finding food is a matter of life and death.
4. Tonga and Fiji
2006-08-08 · 60m
Why are some people in the South Pacific eating themselves to death? In Tonga he finds the fattest people on earth - 91% are overweight - and goes kickboxing with the princess who is determined to whip her subjects into shape. In Fiji, he tries the local narcotic - cava - and slaughters a piglet for lunch.
5. China
2006-08-15 · 60m
Finally, Stefan travels to China, finding out how the rapid pace of modernisation is changing the way people eat. He spends a day working at the Kung Fu fast food joint and samples the menu of a Beijing penis restaurant. He also attempts to shake off his Communist party minders to talk to one of China's poverty-stricken farmers.
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