'Dog Dinners & Snake Wine' is a celebration of difference and a journey of discovery in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, it paints a vivid picture not only of the places of interest, but also of the culture, history, and politics of the region. Both a travel guide and an entertaining account of a stranger trying to make sense of a strange land, it searches for answers to some of the region's greatest and smallest questions: Who is the Buddhist Bin Laden? Why did the US lose the Vietnam War? What should you pack for a picnic in a Buddhist hell garden? 'Dog...