bill buford did just that and made lyon his home. the home team could be expected to know about. >> bill: it's a beautiful day. the sky is blue, we're feeling the seasons changing. and we're about to go in a dark room, and you eat a very lyonnais menu and you drink a vast quantity of lyonnais wine. >> anthony: and what sinister bodies will be in there? >> bill: the only kind of people who would do this kind of thing on a bright pretty day. it's a very male tradition. you work hard, you drink harder. [ singing ] [ greetings ] >> man: don't be afraid. >> anthony: don't be afraid. the mysterious, fabulous, goofy, wonderful bro-fest called franc machon. these are basically eating and drinking societies that go back over a century, when the silk workers of lyon would finish their nightshifts early in the morning. hungry and looking to get, shall we say, completely hammered, they take over a bouchon, stuff their faces like heroes, blow off the proverbial steam in decidedly french fashion. which is to say no freaking "guy-talion" nachos or m