Jan 28th, 2013 at 11:00AM: Andrew Zimmern insists that yak penis "melts in your mouth." The author, chef and host of the Travel Channel show "Bizarre Foods" also claims that delicacies like snake and deer penis, live frog heart, lizard sake, cow placenta, squirrel brain, sugar cane rat, wildebeast eyeballs and fried tarantulas are all perfectly edible, if not downright delicious. In Madagascar, Zimmern witnessed a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Yak Penis, Anyone? An Interview With Andrew Zimmern, Host of 'Bizarre Foods'
Jan 28th, 2013 at 11:00AM: Andrew Zimmern insists that yak penis "melts in your mouth." The author, chef and host of the Travel Channel show "Bizarre Foods" also claims that delicacies like snake and deer penis, live frog heart, lizard sake, cow placenta, squirrel brain, sugar cane rat, wildebeast eyeballs and fried tarantulas are all perfectly edible, if not downright delicious. In Madagascar, Zimmern witnessed a ...Hangover Cures: A Global Primer
Dec 26th, 2012 at 3:00PM: New Year's Eve is fast approaching, so what better time to provide a list of hangover cures from around the world? Our friends at Alice Marshall Public Relations in New York asked some of their clients about local versions of hair-of-the-dog. Unsurprisingly, the preferred remedies all have a distinctly regional flavor. Here's to a headache-and-nausea-free January 1!
St. Barts
On this notorious ...'The Perennial Plate' Partners With Intrepid Travel For Online Food Documentary Series
Aug 31st, 2012 at 1:00PM: I'll be the first to raise my hand and say I despise most of the food shows currently on television and online. That's why I got so excited when I heard about "The Perennial Plate," a weekly online documentary series, "dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating."
That angle by virtue does not a good show make. But Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine, the team behind the show, have the ..."Food" preparation around the world: a video round-up
Jan 3rd, 2012 at 12:00PM: Every savvy traveler knows that meals that are considered taboo (pets), weird (ingredients that are still alive), or gross (insectia, specific animal innards) at home are likely what's for dinner elsewhere in the world. Even if the food or dish isn't unappetizing by our standards, its means of preparation is often spectacle-worthy.
Thus, the following collection of videos, all devoted to the ...
Got goat? A cultural exploration of the other red meat
Oct 10th, 2011 at 11:00AM: There are goat people, and then there...aren't. We're like dog people, except we can't carry the objects of our obsession in our purse. There aren't city parks dedicated to goats.
I grew up with goats because my brother and I raised them for 4-H. When we got our first dairy goat in the mid-'70's, my mom tapped her inner hippie, experimenting with making yogurt from the prodigious amounts of ...Andrew Zimmern to share travel recipes and tales for Food & Wine magazine
Oct 4th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
asdf Food & Wine magazine announced today the company will bring TV personality and chef Andrew Zimmern on board for a new weekly column, "Andrew Zimmern's Kitchen Adventures."
Known for his willingness to eat just about anything-insects, porcupine, you-name-it-Zimmern will forgo chowing down grotesque eats and instead show off his skills as a home cook. But never fear: the host of ...Bizarre foods: European "delicacies," by country
Mar 16th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
What constitutes "food" is relative, depending upon what part of the world you call home. In Asia, pretty much anything on no (snakes), two, four, six, or eight legs is up for grabs. Europe, however, has its own culinary oddities, as detailed below. Got maggots?
Iceland
Hákarl: Fermented, dried Greenland or basking shark. This tasty treat is prepared by burying the beheaded and ...New lizard species discovered...on a menu in Vietnam
Nov 14th, 2010 at 10:00AM: A Vietnamese scientist, Ngo Van Tri of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has discovered a previously unknown species of lizard in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. While eating at a rural restaurant in this southwestern region of the Mekong Delta, Dr. Van Tri noticed a tank of live lizards awaiting transfer to the grill, after which they would be served with a side of salad.
The ...The 8 weirdest foods Andrew Zimmern has eaten (video)
Apr 20th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Bald-headed and brazen, Andrew Zimmern takes culinary risk-taking to new heights on his Travel Channel show, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern has traveled the streets of Nicaragua to the state fairs of Minnesota to find the craziest edibles on earth. We cringe when we see him chowing down on iguana eggs, reindeer pizza and pig stomach tacos -- but he does it with such zeal that we keep ...
Amazing Race 14, recap 11: Beijing, China's food is awesome--- and awful
May 5th, 2009 at 11:00AM: After last week's cliffhanger of Amazing Race 14 when Jaime and Cara arrived first at the Pit Stop to only find Phil pulling another yellow envelope behind his back, I thought that Jaime might throw a hissy fit, but no, she handled Phil's news like a trouper. Instead of winning a nifty trip to some exotic location, off this former cheerleader duo went in the dark of Beijing to Bai Hai Dong Men and ...Beef brain tacos and Haggis - eating the foods that scare you
Jan 26th, 2009 at 9:00AM: The past week has been an interesting one for me, food-wise. Last Monday I had a chance to sample a Mexican "beef brain" taco (de cabeza) and this weekend I found myself unexpectedly eating a plate of Haggis. You know - the Scottish dish made with a stomach-churning mixture of sheep's lungs, heart and liver mixed with spices and boiled in the casing of a sheep stomach? Yeah, that Haggis. While I ...AAA Great Vacations Expo: Andrew Zimmern, Jack Hanna and travel info galore
Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Last year I went to a AAA virtual travel show. Although it was very cool indeed, this weekend's in person travel show opportunity--AAA Great Vacations Expo, is a perfect place to scout out travel options for 2009. The fact that it's in Columbus makes it a no brainer for me. If you can swing it, come.
First off, Andrew Zimmern is going to be there on Sunday. As a Bizarre Foods fan, it will be a ...Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Food's trip to an Ayurvedic health center in Goa
Sep 26th, 2008 at 1:00PM:
Although bizarre food was involved with Andrew Zimmern's trip to the Ayurvedic Natural Health Centre in Goa, that wasn't the main focus of the last part of Bizarre Food's Goa episode. (see post) Much of Zimmern's focus was highlighting the mind and body connection of the Ayurvedic method of achieving balance. Achieving balance is not so simple.
As he pointed out as he embarked on the road to ...Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Goa, the spice of life
Sep 25th, 2008 at 12:30PM: From the first shot of Goa in this week's episode of Bizarre Foods, I could smell the aromas. And that's a good thing. Although Zimmern said that the food in Goa is different than many parts of India, in New Delhi where I lived for two years, every spicy, sweet and sour taste that Zimmern mentioned could be found. That's because New Delhi was filled with people who started out somewhere else. For ...Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Sicily. Yep, the food is bizarre
Sep 23rd, 2008 at 5:30PM: Andrew Zimmern seemed positively giddy in last Tuesday's episode of Bizarre Foods as he ate his way around Sicily's bonanza of animal innards eats. First stop was Palermo, the capital where butcher shops display all sorts of animal parts, just like they've done for centuries. At Mercato Ballero, a bustling outdoor marketplace, Zimmern got busy eating with gusto.
"The cow stomachs are so fresh, ...Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Phuket, Thailand
Sep 10th, 2008 at 12:30PM: When I found out that Phuket, Thailand was the setting for the kick off episode of the new season of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel, I flashed to images of tourist filled beaches where jet skiing and para-sailing are high on the list of things to do.
Not if you're Andrew Zimmern who'll eat anything with great gusto, and who has a penchant for heading off to places not ...New season of Bizarre Foods starts tomorrow
Sep 8th, 2008 at 6:00PM: Tomorrow night on the Travel Channel at 10 p.m. EST, in a new season of Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern will once again slurp, crunch and chomp on various dishes from around the world that might be real stomach turners for some people. Zimmern seems particularly fond of various innards and testicles.
As I've posted before, the only thing I have ever seen Zimmern spit out is durian. Although there ...Journalist Eats Things That Weren't Meant to be Eaten
Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Has the eating of strange foods gone too far? Sure, Andrew Zimmern might be brave, but does he really know what he's putting in his mouth? While the Bizarre Foods guru (or his producer) usually provides a bit of background on what he's eating, you have to wonder, is it considered a normal food in whatever "exotic locale" the show is currently being filmed in? Phil Lees of The Last Appetite ...China coverage on Travel Channel
Jul 31st, 2008 at 1:00PM: In preparation for the Olympics, The Travel Channel has been offering several China-themed options this week and is continuing with its coverage by repeating various episodes. Here they are in case you've missed them and want to catch up.
For those interested in China's natural landscape and wildlife and how the natural world fits into Chinese culture and sensibilities, check out Wild China. ...Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern (part 3)
Jul 23rd, 2008 at 9:00AM: I'm here with Andrew Zimmern, the wildly popular host of Travel Channel's hit series, Bizarre Foods. He's a personality that needs no introduction--at least around the Gadling water cooler. You could even say he's our Paris Hilton. His show--which is about what it sounds like--has just finished its second season, with episodes spanning the globe from Iceland and Bolivia to St. Petersberg and ...
