Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a travel and cuisine television show 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 Americans as being disgusting, exotic, or 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. In 2009, Zimmern took a break from Bizarre Foods to work on one season of the spin-off Bizarre World.
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 43m
Release: 2007
Rating: 7.9
Season 1 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2007-03-12
"Andrew visits numerous local eateries: a restaurant at the equator, a restaurant in the mountains, and a Saturday market. He also has more adventurous encounters with a local medicine man and searches for his own meal in the rain forest. Andrew's treats include: guinea pig, lemon ants, coconut grubs, and chicha."
2007-03-19
"Andrew Zimmern's gastronomic tour of the world continues with a trip through Spain."
2007-03-26
"Andrew stays in America and visits four states. His destinations include: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Some of the regional cuisine that Andrew tries: nutria (giant rat), squirrel, turducken, head cheese, pig's brains, fried pickles, mullet roe, and alligator."
2007-04-02
"Haggis, neeps and tatties, cockles and whelks \u2014 it's either the start of a unique nursery rhyme or a list of some of the more unusual foods Andrew Zimmern is about to experience on his journey through the U.K."
2007-07-09
"Andrew visits Trinidad and Tobago, where he hunts iguanas, dives for conch and samples street foods."
2007-07-16
"Andrew visits Mexico, eating tacos made of pig skin, fresh octopus, beef snout and eyeballs."
2007-07-30
"Andrew is off to the tropical island of Taiwan--a culture that loves to eat flavorful food that stinks! Join Andrew as he tries to find the source of these smells trying native dishes like thousand year old eggs, fermented meat and rooster's testicles."
2007-08-06
"In this episode, instead of crossing the globe in search of culinary authenticity, Andrew headed to his hometown, New York, for a week to recharge his batteries and reclaim some of the edge he'd lost in his travels."
2007-08-13
"Snake parts, pig's ears, silk worms and cat coffee--all foods Andrew Zimmern indulges in during his Vietnamese adventure."
2007-11-28
"Season 1 recap with some of its highlights, including lamb's head, guinea pig, roast pigeon, worms, grubs, armadillo, and stinky tofu. Also included were outtakes and unaired scenes."
Season 2 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2008-03-11
"Andrew heads to Iceland where he experiences the geothermal wonders and the lands unique cuisine."
2008-03-18
"Andrew heads to Russia's cultural capital of St. Petersburg as he embarks on his culinary tour."
2008-03-25
"Andrew heads home to Minnesota, where he samples everything from deep fried bar staples to sophisticated cuisine."
2008-04-01
"Andrew eats dishes made from potatoes and learns about llamas and witches as he travels to Bolivia."
2008-04-08
"Cow udders, bull testicles and barnacles. It's all part of Andrew's culinary tour of the world's longest, thinnest country. From the city to the country to the sea, you won't believe what Chile has to offer."
2008-04-29
"Andrew takes a trip to Delhi, India where he samples the unique cuisine."
Season 3 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2008-09-09
"Andrew heads to Phuket, Thailand where he samples the unusual cuisine while visiting the sites."
2008-09-16
"Andrew visits Sicily, an Italian island in which he dines on such foods as sardine meatballs, cow spleen and artichoke ice cream."
2008-09-23
"Andrew heads to Goa, India, where he tastes the local cuisine which has an Arabic and Portuguese influence."
2008-10-14
"Andrew arrives in the fast paced, star studded city of Los Angeles where the variety of food varies as much as the diversity of the people who live there."
2008-10-21
"Andrew is inviting his fans for a Halloween party, complete with some unusual foods which many may find horrifying. Sink your teeth into a baked tarantula, drink some fresh steer blood, and swallow some chilled lamb kidneys. A true learning experience about different cultures."
2008-11-11
"Anthony heads to the marketplace in Ethiopia where he samples their offerings and then travels to Harrar, once known as the forbidden city."
2008-11-18
"Andrew travels to Maine where samples foods which are only found growing in his lawn and learns about recipes which are only found in the state."
2008-11-25
"The host joins his friends as they celebrate their respective holidays. Among foods scheduled are zampone, an Italian Christmas dish which consists of a stuffed pig's leg; a Native American meal of porcupine; and a New Year's dish from Thailand."
2008-12-02
"Anthony heads to Uganda, where he tastes some flying ants and sugarcane rats."
2008-12-09
"Andrew heads over to Japan to sample some octopus eggs, fermented sushi and an unusually flavored milkshake."
2009-02-10
"Andrew and friends display and discuss some of the sexiest foods from around the world."
2009-03-03
"Andrew has tasted some of the strangest creatures to come out of the ocean."
Season 4 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2009-04-14
"Andrew visits the beautiful East African country of Tanzania, where he samples the traditional Tanzanian breakfast called supu. It's a soup made with goat lungs, heart and liver, as well as cow stomach, intestines and tongue."
2009-04-21
"Andrew travels to Seoul, South Korea, where he feasts on the country's most authentic soups, barbecues and fermented foods. Andrew's Asian adventure goes beyond eating when makes his first batch of fresh kimchi."
2009-04-28
"Andrew heads into the Australian Outback where he eats wallaby with Aborigines, samples crocodile cooked on the barbie and makes a meal out of poisonous cane toads."
2009-05-05
"Andrew heads to the Appalachian Mountains to get a taste of the region\u2019s culture and its food. The mountain range runs north to south touching more than a dozen states, and many of the people in the area still maintain the traditions and foods that were a part of life for their ancestors."
2009-05-12
"Andrew goes snorkeling, spear fishing and visits a farm where they \"pamper\" their cattle. He makes a stop at the Sydney Fish Market where he samples bizarre food he's never tasted before, including Morton Bay, Balamain Bugs, Flathead Fish and Spanner Crabs."
2009-05-19
"Andrew heads to Singapore to experience the diversity of food and culture. The melting pot is seen everywhere, including the Hawker Stalls where Andrew samples tasty treats."
2009-05-26
"Andrew Zimmern samples some of the most outrageous food creations at the Texas State Fair, including nitrogen frozen dessert, chocolate bacon and fried alligator. Andrew also gets a behind-the-scenes tour of the kitchens at NASA to taste space food."
2009-06-16
"Andrew is dropped in the jungles of Mexico, where he learns how to live off the land. It\u2019s a journey where his stomach, mind and body are tested. Andrew takes extreme to a new level, surviving with only a handful of helpful tools or objects and eating only foods he can forage in the woods."
Season 5 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2010-04-26
"Andrew travels to Northeastern Thailand to uncover a culture not familiar to Western tourists. The people in the Isan region know how to make use of everything living and breathing when it comes to food."
2010-05-03
"Andrew visits Cambodia, a developing nation where the food traditions are a source of national pride. From the bustling markets of Phnom Penh to a quaint floating village on the Tonle Sap River, Andrew samples some of the most extreme food on the planet."
2010-05-10
"Andrew visits a meat market and the central market in Ulaanbaatar, a nomadic family living in Gers in the Steppe on the edge of the Gobi Desert, rides a horse with help from an amateur child racer, takes an archery lesson, a throat singing lesson, and meets some contortionists."
2010-05-17
"Andrew uncovers unique food traditions in the great state of Arizona, where the spirit of the Wild West still lives strong today. From native traditions of the Navajo to the New Agers' approach to food, this state offers an abundance of bizarre foods."
2010-05-31
"Join Andrew as he returns to the vibrant and trend-setting city of Tokyo for more unforgettable adventures in food from legendary seafood markets to becoming a horumon chef for a day serving up intestines from cows and pigs."
2010-06-07
"Andrew returns to one of the most stimulating and abundant food cities in the all of the world\u2014Bangkok. It's a food paradise for anyone with a hungry appetite, including great street foods, markets and restaurants."
24 Jun 2010
"Andrew's in Baja Mexico, where the people and food are out of this world."
2010-06-21
"Follow Andrew as he heads to Buenos Aires and explores the meat culture of one of the world's great towns and tangos away the night with a stunning young starlet."
Season 6 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2011-01-18
"Andrew retraces some of the old routes between Asia and Europe, searching for food and experiences echoing back to biblical times."
2011-01-25
"Andrew samples Pennsylvania's staple foods that most people never hear about."
2011-02-01
"Andrew visits the mystical city of Venice. He enjoys the food in the historic city while catching critters in the Lagoon, blowing Murano glass, and indulging in the best cicchetti in the world."
2011-02-08
"Andrew gets an intimate look at the food and the people that live in Madagascar. Most people still live the way they did 100s of years ago -- hunting and gathering for food."
2011-02-15
"Chicago is a city of both innovation and tradition. Andrew gets a taste of the Chicago's diverse food scene, including traditional cooking classics and world-renowned chefs who create new concoctions with modern technology."
2011-03-01
"The host checks out alternative food sources in San Francisco, from raising edible bugs to foraging in the wild."
2011-03-08
"Andrew meets Greeks passionate about food in Athens and on the remote island of Kalymnos. He travels the country, tasting food rich in Greek history and culture. Andrew eats at the finest eateries and samples the best home-cooked meals."
2011-03-22
"Andrew explores old and new food traditions in Hungary. He attends an outdoor feast with a Romani family and meets an acclaimed chef who puts a modern twist on traditional Hungarian favorites."
2011-03-29
"The host tours Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province, known for its spicy cuisine. Featured eats include boiling chili and volcano-rabbit head."
2011-04-19
"Andrew visits Indonesia, a tropical paradise where modern life is still influenced by ancient rituals, and food is at the core of centuries old traditions. He explores the culture and cuisine by drinking cobra blood, feasting on water buffalo entrails and more."
2011-04-26
"Andrew explores tropical locations closest to home: The Caribbean and the Americas. The region is melting pot of European, West African and Amerindian cultures. The rich bend is visible in the architecture, music, and especially the food."
2011-05-03
"In South Africa's Kalahari Desert, the host dines on giant porcupine and scavenged jewel beetles. Later, he's served zebra near Johannesburg."
2011-05-24
"The host returns to his restaurant roots in New York City, where he cooks in a Chinatown kitchen, waits tables and takes a turn as a street vendor."
2011-05-31
"The host heads to Washington, D.C., to sample international cuisines at some of the foreign embassies."
2011-06-07
"Andrew visits Finland and samples both traditional Finnish cooking and modern Nordic cuisine. Featured eats include blood pudding; reindeer tartare; pan-fried brow-bear rump; and birch-tree bark."
2011-06-21
"The host treks into the jungle of Suriname in northern South America, sampling the local fare, including wild pig and a rodent-like rabbit called coconi."
2011-06-28
"A culinary tour of Morocco. Featured eats include lamb's head and pigeon pie."
2011-07-05
"Andrew visits the Mediterranean island of Sardinia to learn about what the locals like to eat, from sea urchins to casu marzu (rotten cheese)."
2011-07-12
"Andrew visits the multi-cultural city of Montreal and eats duck livers and horse-heart tartar. Andrew digs into the culture and traditional dishes that represent the city\u2019s heritage and modern chefs with food-forward ideas."
2011-07-19
"An exploration of Jamaican cuisine, which blends island flavors with African traditions."
Season 7 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2012-01-23
"Host Andrew Zimmern begins his exploration of America's most unusual foods in Minnesota's Twin Cities. Featured eats include deep-fried snapping turtle; an elk-and-wild-rice hot dish; brined-and-breaded duck testicles; and \"meat glue."
2012-01-30
"In New Orleans, Andrew Zimmern samples Cajun comfort foods, like stuffed pig stomach, and classic Creole cuisine, including smoked raccoon."
2012-02-06
"Seattle's unconventional eats are explored. Stops include a farm, where the host tries cow placenta."
2012-02-13
"The host heads to Boston to check out some new food trends. Included: a Cambodian family who introduce their food traditions to a Boston suburb; an unconventional fishing trip."
2012-02-20
"Andrew Zimmern visits Detroit for a taste of iconic soul food, from short ribs to oxtails, and Arab-American eats, including lamb-brain sandwiches."
2012-02-27
"The host visits West Virginia and dines on fresh deer organs after a hunt. Later, he samples Appalachian cuisine, including groundhog stew, and judges a roadkill cook-off."
2012-03-05
"Andrew Zimmern checks out the food scene of Charleston, S.C. He gets a taste of wood-coal barbecue in the Lowcountry; samples chitterlings at a soul-food restaurant; and attends a family dinner, where saut\u00e9ed chicken feet are served."
2012-03-12
"The host visits Savannah and enjoys a home-cooked Gullah meal on Daufuskie Island. He also goes hunting for marsh hens on the coast and dines in one of the city's finest restaurants with famed drag performer the Lady Chablis."
2014-08-04
"Andrew looks back at the times he had to earn his food: by working for it!"
2014-08-11
"Andrew reveals some never before seen footage from his travels."
2014-08-18
"In Volume 2, Andrew shares more never-before-told stories from the archives."
2014-09-01
"Andrew explores the secrets of how different cultures still cook over flames."
2014-10-20
"Andrew eats raw meats, organs, sea creatures and strange veggies."
2014-10-27
"Andrew eats stewed pig knuckles, ant eggs, and corn smut in Mexico City."
2014-11-03
"In Lisbon, Portugal Andrew harvests barnacles, feasts on snails, and more."
2014-11-10
"In Ireland Andrew eats 3 thousand-year-old butter that was buried in a bog."
2014-11-17
"Andrew finds delicious fun at factories big and small, creating artisanal foods"
2014-11-24
"Andrew feasts on sea robins, bacteria candy, and spleen sandwiches in Brooklyn."
2014-12-15
"Andrew goes to the Faroe Islands for fermented sheep's head and boiled seagulls"
2014-12-22
"Andrew looks at how chefs are using science to take cooking to new heights."
2015-01-05
"Andrew finds comfort foods in one culture are considered odd in another."
2015-01-12
"Andrew eats fried fish fins, and rescues an Africanized beehive and its honey."
2015-01-19
"On the Big Island Andrew eats tuna eyeballs, pig's blood, and bull's testicles."
Season 8 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2015-04-13
"Andrew hunts with golden eagles and milks a horse in Kazakhstan."
2015-04-20
"In Taipei, Taiwan, Andrew feasts on stinky tofu, iron eggs and bullfrogs."
2015-04-27
"In Rome Andrew feasts on lamb brains, river eels and the perfect stuffed pig."
2015-05-04
"Andrew heads to Dubai for camels milk, fermented fish and manna from heaven."
2015-05-18
"Andrew devours cold blooded creatures like snakes, lizards and poisonous toads."
2015-05-25
"Andrew goes to Panama City, Panama for iguana eggs, beef lung, and chicken feet."
2015-06-01
"Andrew eats porcupine, giant rats and bird nests in Ho Chi Minh City."
2015-06-08
"Andrew treks to Iquitos, Peru for Amazonian edibles like wasps and bull frogs."
2015-06-15
"Andrew heads to San Antonio, Texas for cow heads, calf balls, and raw quail egg"
Season 9 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2013-07-01
"Andrew learns that some of the best foods in Los Angeles are hiding in neighborhoods where outsiders rarely go! From pig head tamales in Watts to steamed chicken embryo in Long Beach, Andrew tastes it all."
2015-10-06
"Ancient tastes in Croatia like roasted dormice and giant offal kebabs to baked rooster and grilled frog."
2013-07-15
"Andrew travels to the Gulf Coast and gets a taste of stingray tacos, pan-fried duck testicles and nutria stew."
2013-03-18
"A fish dish made with ambergris; charcuterie that includes duck heart pate; a soup that smells like a dead body."
2013-03-25
"Beef tongue sandwiches; Korean soul foods that include boiled pig stomach and blood sausage; traditional bay foods like barbecued muskrat and grilled eel."
2013-04-01
"Andrew Zimmern makes a trip to the Ozarks where people are still living off the land and making the most of it by combining old traditions with new techniques."
2013-04-15
"Andrew visits northern California where people are reinventing the way they look at food. Grilled dove hearts; barf flavored jelly beans; monkey face eel."
2013-04-22
"Elk heart tartar with a raw turkey egg; bourbon smoked cherries and bone marrow; goose liver with cacao."
Season 10 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Season 11 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2017-01-17
"Andrew Zimmern celebrates the world's greatest edible animal by digging into every part. From year-old cured ham to deep-fried testicles and melts-in-your-mouth snout sandwiches, the hog provides unmatched versatility."
2017-01-24
"Andrew Zimmern travels the globe to eat the simple and loving foods prepared by grandmothers' hands. He crashes their kitchens to feast on matriarchal recipes, including marinated armadillo, raccoon in possum juice and boiled seal meat."
2017-01-31
"Andrew Zimmern experiences the bountiful cuisine of the Pacific Northwest while retracing the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. He samples Pacific lampreys, forages for edible barnacles and harvests sea salt on this culinary adventure."
2017-02-07
"Andrew Zimmern eats his way through the Southern BBQ Trail; dry-aged brisket in Atlanta; liver nip dumplings in South Carolina; raccoon hash in Hull, Georgia."
2017-02-14
"From BBQ raccoon to rabbit liver, squirrel stew to tooth-cracking hard tack, Andrew sinks his teeth in to the foods that have sustained soldiers and civilians since the lean times of the Civil War and shaped a region's cuisine."
2017-02-21
"Andrew Zimmern sets off on historic Route 66, where he tries ranch dressing soda, judges a calf fry cook-off and dines at some of the most iconic diners along the world-famous highway. He also eats quail stew, onion burgers and ox tail."
2017-02-28
"From pork shoulder cooked underground to hearty pasties and whitefish plucked from the tumultuous Lake Superior, Andrew Zimmern explores the cuisine of the individualistic Upper Peninsula in Michigan."
2017-03-07
"Andrew cruises up the most scenic highway in America on a seafood-sampling adventure. His journey takes him hagfish fishing, eating the slimy reproductive organs of sea urchins and foraging for juicy gooseneck barnacles."
Season 12 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
2018-07-05
"In the season premiere, Zimmern rides the last 200 miles of the Pony Express Trail to its terminus at Sacramento, California, exploring the thrilling mail delivery service that had a short (just 18 months) but profound impact on America. He rides the very same path and enjoys foods that the young riders would have eaten, like son-of-a-gun-stew, fire-roasted duck hearts, boiled elk tongue and pine nut soup. He also discovers fresh foods created by this land's new generation, including sturgeon skin chicharron and cowboy sushi (wagyu beef filet over vinegar-seasoned rice)."
2018-07-12
"Andrew enjoys Scottish cuisine as he follows the trail of William Wallace."
Season 13 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Season 14 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
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Season 17 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
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