Tony meets up with friend Jerry Stahl, a fellow writer, and the two head to an L.A. institution: Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, for an invigorating meal of fried chicken, waffles, grits and chicken livers.

Tony heads to Russia to meet up with his friend Zamir; praying in the Assumption Cathedral; visiting an old fashioned blacksmith shop; supper at the home of famed Russia painter, Victor Smirnoff; flying fighter jets in Moscow.

Tony heads to Russia to meet up with his friend Zamir; praying in the Assumption Cathedral; visiting an old fashioned blacksmith shop; supper at the home of famed Russia painter, Victor Smirnoff; flying fighter jets in Moscow.

Tony meets up with friend Jerry Stahl, a fellow writer, and the two head to an L.A. institution: Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, for an invigorating meal of fried chicken, waffles, grits and chicken livers.

Tony travels to Asia, where he has always been fascinated by the notion of "natural fusion," the way cuisines and cultures blend over the centuries; in Malaysia, Chinese influence has mixed with Malay, Indian, Nyonya and indigenous Borneo culture.