Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
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| Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | |
|---|---|
| Format | Food/Travel |
| Starring | Andrew Zimmern |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Travel Channel |
| Original run | 2006 (Pilot) – Present |
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a documentary-styled travel and cuisine program hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT.
Bizarre Foods focuses on regional cuisine from around the world which is typically perceived by the American masses as being gross, unique, or, of course, bizarre. In each episode, Zimmern focuses on the cuisine of a particular country or region. He typically shows how the food is procured, where it is served, and, usually without hesitation, eats it.
Originally a one-hour documentary titled Bizarre Foods of Asia, repeated showings on the Travel Channel drew consistent, considerable audiences. In late 2006, it was decided to turn the documentary into a weekly, one-hour show with the same premise and with Andrew Zimmern as the host.
Bizarre Foods draws many parallels to Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which airs Mondays on the Travel Channel immediately after Bizarre Foods. Whereas No Reservations can be seen more as a mix of travel, unique food, and nightlife, Bizarre Foods focuses more on the ethnic foods and culture of the regions and in particular what Americans see as oddities.
Among the many weird foods sampled by Zimmern in the show, some of the most bizarre include haggis, nutria, balut, goose intestines, coconut grubs, callos (blood sausage and tripe casserole), fruit bats, and a still-beating frog heart, among many other dishes.
Zimmern begins and ends every episode with his famous line: "If it looks good, eat it."
Contents |
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Pilot
[edit] Season 1
| # | Airdate | Location | Bizarre Foods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 26, 2007 | Philippines | Balut, coconut grubs, ice cream in a bun, mangrove worms, water crickets, soup no. 5 (bull's rectum and testicles soup). |
| 2 | March 5, 2007 | Morocco | Cow’s heart, stuffed pancreas, cuttlefish, poached calf’s brain. |
| 3 | March 12, 2007 | Ecuador | Guinea pig, lemon ants, coconut grubs, chicha. |
| 4 | March 19, 2007 | Spain | Bull testicles, baby eels, pine and seaweed gelees. |
| 5 | March 26, 2007 | Gulf Coast | Nutria, opossum, Turducken, chitterlings, squirrel, flathead mullet, roe, alligator. |
| 6 | April 2, 2007 | United Kingdom | Haggis, jugged hare, head cheese, ox heart and bone marrow, jellied eels, pie and mash. |
| 7 | April 10, 2007 | Asia (Repeat of Pilot) | Frog sashimi (plus the beating frog's heart), lizard sake, turtle, bat, bird's nest soup, Belacan, durian. |
| 8 | July 9, 2007 | Trinidad and Tobago | Iguana, conch, pig's feet, cow heel soup, shark sandwich. |
| 9 | July 16, 2007 | Mexico | Grasshopper (Chapulines) pizza, octopus, mosquito eggs, armadillo, shellfish served on the beach. |
| 10 | July 23, 2007 | Alaska | Beluga and Bowhead whale muktuk (fermented blubber), seal soup, walrus, fermented fish heads, jellied moose nose, reindeer pizza, ptarmigan, whitefish ice cream. |
| 11 | July 30, 2007 | Taiwan | Stinky tofu, unborn chicken eggs, cockscomb, chicken uterus, fermented meat, black-bone chicken testicles, fried bees. |
| 12 | August 6, 2007 | New York City | Special episode with guest Anthony Bourdain. Geoduck, live lobster, maggot pupae, tarantula pops, teriyaki cockroaches, jellyfish salad, goose intestine. |
| 13 | August 13, 2007 | Vietnam | Cobra parts including beating heart and dried bones, civet dropping coffee, pig's ears, silk worms, scorpions, roasted sparrows, bull penis, horseshoe crab. |
| February 26, 2008 | Best Bites | Season 1 recap with some of its highlights, including Balut, hen's uterus, grubs, jellied eels, nutria, octopus, and souse. Also included were unaired scenes and a preview of season 2. |
[edit] Season 2
| # | Airdate | Location | Bizarre Foods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | March 4, 2008 | Beijing, China | Cicada, seahorse, sea urchin, donkey rib and tail stew and skin, dried tree lizard, sea cucumber, camel paw, pig stomach, dao jiao, snake penis, fried deer penis, yak penis, whelk over dry ice. |
| 15 | March 11, 2008 | Iceland | Hákarl, grilled puffin, slátur (a type of blood pudding) skyr, lamb hot dog, geothermal cooking: langoustine. |
| 16 | March 18, 2008 | St. Petersberg | Vobla, borscht, cow's tongue, kvas, herring blini, salo, pickled lamprey, brown bear meat, caviar, shashlik. |
| 17 | March 25, 2008 | Minnesota | Pig's foot, lutefisk, reuben on a stick, spaghetti and meatballs on a stick, gator on a stick, teriyaki ostrich on a stick, wild boar's liver, brain, and testicles, venison, sauerkraut pie, deep fried chicken gizzard, goober burger (with peanut butter and mayonnaise), herring roe. |
| 18 | April 1, 2008 | Bolivia | Lamb kidneys, tripe, bull penis soup, all-organ dish, llama brain and tongue, carpaccio, pickled pig's feet, lamb jerky, chitterlings, mocochinchi (like peanut milk), llama jerky, chuño, mangosteen, armadillo, feral pig, quinoa, Titicaca Orestias. |
| 19 | April 8, 2008 | Chile | Abalone, Pacific razor clams, cow udder, braided intestines, blood sausage, lúcuma juice, donkey milk, cow's butt sandwich, barnacles, mussels, seaweed, horse, conger eel, live sea squirt, fresh bull testicle and scrotum stew, lamb's blood pudding. |
| 20 | April 15, 2008 | Guangzhou, China | Grilled squid, dim sum including chicken feet, stuffed duck's feet, stir-fried milk with shrimp, turtle soup, pigeon, scorpion, suckling pig, jellyfish salad, worm and hairy crab roe omelet, wood ear, frog legs, 60 meter long noodle, stinkhorn, hairy gourd. |
| 21 | April 29, 2008 | India - Delhi | Pomfret, lentil, brain curry, mutton liver and kidney stew, tandoori roti, goat and lamb testicles, paneer, boiled banana flower, banana plant stem, fruit sandwich, pani puri, lassi, mutton balls, gushtaba, chapati. |
[edit] Media
A book is due in early 2008.
A DVD set (2 discs) called Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection 1 was released on 8 January 2008. (MSRP $19.99) It includes the following episodes:
- Morocco
- Spain
- Philippines
- Ecuador
- New York City
- United Kingdom
- America's Gulf Coast
- Mexico
