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Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is an American Live-Action TV show concerning the food-based travels of Andrew Zimmern. It first debuted in 2007 on the Travel Channel and focuses on discussing foods from other countries that Western audiences might find disgusting, strange, or otherwise odd to eat as food. The idea of the show is to discuss the regional foods of foreign countries as well as the cultural impacts of those foods, how the foods are made, and yes, of course how they taste. The show has consistently stayed popular throughout its currently six-year run and has spawned a few spin-offs, including Bizarre World, which discussed things other than foods that Western audiences might perceive as "strange" and Dining with Death, which focuses on foods that can kill you (which has nothing to do with food poisoning) and the biology behind it.Starting with season 7, the show has been re-titled Bizarre Foods America, which focuses on the oddball and often interesting regional dishes of the United States of America or the American continents, in which the title is changed to Bizarre Foods Americas. Season 1 of Bizarre Foods America is interchangeable with Season 7 of Bizarre Foods, and so on.As of season 13 (which aired in Fall 2014), the show has gone back to its international roots and dropped the "America" from its title.In January 2015, Zimmern hosted another spin-off called ''Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations". This spin-off is more in line with traditional travel shows on Travel Channel.
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Tastes Like Chicken
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Tastes Like Chicken: In the inaugural episode, he declares that the chickens in the Philippines taste much stronger than the ones you find in the US.
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Masochist's Meal
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Masochist's Meal: In one episode, he travels to Australia and meets a band of anti-cane toad conservationists who serve up a meal of cooked cane toad, arguing that popularizing eating the toads is an effective strategy to combat their spread. For the uninformed, cane toads secrete a poisonous slime powerful enough that one toad can kill a 20ft long saltwater crocodile; preparing the meat requires a damned good knowledge of where to take your cuts of meat fromnote namely, not from the back, where the poison glands are clustered, and then rinsing the meat twice in salt water before cooking. Properly prepared, it's just a super-sized version of frog's legs. Improperly prepared... it's certain death.
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Special Guest
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Special Guest: Many Eastern Pennsylvania (Philadephia segment): Masaharu Morimoto. Morimoto returns the favor and makes him his sous chef in an episode of Iron Chef America opposite Bobby Flay and Marcia Valladolid. Montreal: Nadia G. and the crew of Bitchin'Kitchen New York/New Jersey: Anthony Bourdain San Francisco: Chris Cosentino and Aarón Sanchez Oddly enough, himself as guest judge in the West Virginia Road Kill Cook-off. Again, himself as Guest Judge in the Chopped episode ''Bizarre Baskets".
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Halloween Episode: Once.
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Lampshade Hanging
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The Charleston episode had him shoot one of the nuisance birds, which is as big as an eagle. His hosts then said "Why don't you break down that bird? I see you do it all the time on TV." Although Andrew doesn't present himself as an expert on this, he breaks down that bird like an expert.
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Lethal Chef
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Lethal Chef: Averted. This is the focus of his second spin-off mini-series Dining with Death, in which he talks about the food that can be lethal towards humans due to the biology behind it (TTX is a favorite topic) and the chefs that take extreme caution to make sure the toxins do not get on the food. Unfortunately, he does mention that fire will not completely destroy the TTX in horseshoe crab eggs. In that sense, whoever is eating horseshoe crab eggs is literally playing Russian Roulette with food.
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Russian Roulette
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Unfortunately, he does mention that fire will not completely destroy the TTX in horseshoe crab eggs. In that sense, whoever is eating horseshoe crab eggs is literally playing Russian Roulette with food.
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Cosplay Otaku Girl
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Cosplay Otaku Girl: Encounters a couple of these in Tokyo, who manage to get him to cosplay as well.
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: He's placed firmly in the Idealistic side.
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Going Native
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Going Native: He always emphasizes that the best places to eat and go are always off the beaten path and not necessarily where the mainstream places are.
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Honor Before Reason
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Honor Before Reason: He may have reservations about the food or the source (the Cambodian episode is the star example) but he will try the food or do the activity (if only just to be polite).
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Getting Crap Past the Radar
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Getting Crap Past the Radar: Cursing is bleeped out, but "shat" (as in the past tense of "shit") managed to slip past at least once.
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Formerly Fat
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Formerly Fat: He is still portly, but if you compare his appearance in the earlier seasons of Bizarre Foods and the more recent episodes of Bizarre Foods America, he has definitely slimmed down. Lampshaded in the Boston episode of Bizarre Foods America where a Vietnamese grandma straight-up tells Zimmern that when she saw him on TV, he was big but seeing him in person, he has gotten smaller.
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Author Tract
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Author Tract: Avoids this most of the time, unless talking about the culture in the locale. He does get into this regarding the Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches. Instead of Geno's or Pat's, he declares the one specializing in Italian Pork the best he's ever eaten. (Note that rejecting Pat's and Geno's as the best is pretty much standard belief among actual Philadelphians, and many would also agree with his identification of John's Roast Pork as the best.) He's been doing more Tracting in later seasons. He often uses this show to promote sustainable fishing or promoting sustainability in food sources. He even advocates alternative food sources, such as insects. He'll also make a brief aside if he's in a region with an unstable political climate, like Rio de Janeiro, or if the region has recently gone through war or crimes against humanity, like Cambodia.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: In the first season, episodes ended with a hook to show what places he might be visiting next. By the next season, this was dropped.
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The Teetotaler
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The Teetotaler: For good reason—Andrew used to be an alcoholic and a drug addict, but has since overcome it.
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Science Cocktail
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Science Cocktail: The Chicago episode in Bizarre Foods Season 6. He goes to a restaurant specializing in molecular gastronomy, and he meets the owners and chefs who bought a $10,000 extraction machine to extract the flavors from fruits and vegetables. They were able to extract the true flavor of Thai Chili Peppers without the spice. The Portland episode featured an "Everything Bagel Drink". Yes, it's an everything bagel extracted into liquid form (with help from some tomato juice). Any episode that features molecular gastronomy is likely to invoke this trope.
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Does Not Like Spam
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Does Not Like Spam: A literal example with Spam, which got Andrew a few looks at his inability to finish a dish made with it in the Hawaii episode. Also of note is Andrew's aversion to durians and quite possibly the strangest, considering the premise of the show: walnuts. Andrew also doesn't like oatmeal (it's mostly because of the texture), and he also doesn't like eating raw cookie dough and apple pies a la mode.
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Sacred Hospitality
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Sacred Hospitality: Serious Business for him. He also tends to get many honorary titles as a result as well. In fairness, he strives to be a gracious guest at wherever he stays.
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It Tastes Like Feet
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It Tastes Like Feet: Frequently said.
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Produce Pelting
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Produce Pelting: Or rather, Piscine Pelting when Andrew was in the Seattle food market.
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Formula-Breaking Episode
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Formula-Breaking Episode: Besides the holiday-themed episodes and "Best of" episodes," there are episodes that completely derail the basic structure of a Bizarre Foods episode. Season 4's finale had the Survival special. Basically, Andrew is given a crash course on basic survival before he's dropped in the jungles of Mexico to see if he can survive. Season 6's "Will Work for Food." He visits several restaurants and tries to see if he can work in the NYC environment. Ranges from noodle shops in Chinatown, to Four Star restaurants, to local bars. Season 2 of Bizarre Foods America, "LA Popup." Similar to "Will Work for Food", except he opens his own restaurant in LA. It gets shut down by the LAPD for generator problems.
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Purple Prose
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Purple Prose: Some of his descriptions of tastes and food tend to fall into this.
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Extreme Omnivore
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Extreme Omnivore: He is willing to eat foods most other people do not wish to eat. Played for laughs and drama when his travel companions won't eat the food Andrew Zimmern claims is good.
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Christmas Episode
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Christmas Episode: Once. In that episode, Andrew Zimmern invites guests (who are profiled in past episodes) to bring in food from their culture and to share it with others, via Christmas dinner.
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Scarily Competent Tracker
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Scarily Competent Tracker: Often tags along with hunting parties who are these.
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If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You
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If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Invoked by both guests and Andrew.
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IfItTastesGoodItMustBeBadForYou
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If It Tastes Good It Must Be Bad For You: Again, Invoked by both guests and Andrew. This is in full effect for Chinese Medicine where the doctor tells Andrew not to eat most of the stuff he would normally like.
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Minnesota Nice
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Minnesota Nice: Nicely shown in... the Minnesota episode and the Bizarre Foods America "Top 20" episode... in the Minnesota State Fair. It should be noted that Andrew's actually originally from New York City, but is currently living in Minnesota (specifically Minneapolis).
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Take a Third Option
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He does get into this regarding the Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches. Instead of Geno's or Pat's, he declares the one specializing in Italian Pork the best he's ever eaten. (Note that rejecting Pat's and Geno's as the best is pretty much standard belief among actual Philadelphians, and many would also agree with his identification of John's Roast Pork as the best.)
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Big Fun
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Big Fun: Andrew, full stop.
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The Food Poisoning Incident
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The Food Poisoning Incident: invokedWord of Andrew says that he has an iron stomach that can digest most of the foods, but there are several things even he refuses to eat because it will likely invoke this trope: Food from stalls or restaurants whose water source is very sketchy. Raw intestines. The bacteria can easily kill him due to lack of immunity. Things labeled "Fresh" when he knows it's not fresh by Western standards. The best example is the meat market of Morondava, Madagascar. invokedIn the Cambodia episode, he was eating fish cleaned from the river, which he says was cleaned from the water that had feces and oil floating on it. Now, he recognizes that their immune system can handle it, but his cannot. Thankfully, he doesn't get sick as a result.
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Trademark Favorite Food
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Trademark Favorite Food: Testicles. And, despite the fact that Andrew's Jewish, anything made from pork (except for spam).
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Squick
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invokedIn the Cambodia episode, he was eating fish cleaned from the river, which he says was cleaned from the water that had feces and oil floating on it. Now, he recognizes that their immune system can handle it, but his cannot. Thankfully, he doesn't get sick as a result.
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Meat Versus Veggies
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Meat Versus Veggies: He's placed firmly in the Meat camp, but he does give respect to Veggies when cooked well.
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Happily Married
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Happily Married/May–December Romance: Andrew and his wife, Rishia Haas, are nearly 20 years apart in age (he was 40 and she was in her early 20s when they first got married), but it's obvious that they love and care about each other, despite the big age difference. The former trope is actually a plot point in the Madagascar episode. He brings his wife for this trip so the both of them can witness a coming-of-age circumcision ceremony. One of the boys is having his foreskin circumcised without anesthesia, and the foreskin has to be eaten by the grandfather. This was very uncomfortable for the both of them, but according to Andrew, they became stronger as a result.
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Apron Matron: Not quite Once per Episode, but like No Reservations, is often a source of good food.
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invokedWord of Andrew says that he has an iron stomach that can digest most of the foods, but there are several things even he refuses to eat because it will likely invoke this trope: Food from stalls or restaurants whose water source is very sketchy. Raw intestines. The bacteria can easily kill him due to lack of immunity. Things labeled "Fresh" when he knows it's not fresh by Western standards. The best example is the meat market of Morondava, Madagascar.
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Foreign Queasine
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Foreign Queasine: The whole point of the show, though this is inverted in Bizarre Foods America where it can be Local Queasine.
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Tastes Like Friendship
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Tastes Like Friendship: One of the basic premises and philosophies on this show: "Sharing food is the greatest way to break down barriers between different cultures."
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Travelogue Show
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The Chew Toy
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The Chew Toy: More prevalent in the later episodes/seasons. The guests, sometimes being clever, will deliberately make Andrew try some foods even they won't eat. Of course, Andrew does get back against them, in a good-humored way.
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Crossover: Had crossover appearances with Anthony Bourdain in the New York episode. He also did a crossover segment the Minnesota episode of Man v. Food.
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Conspicuous Consumption
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Conspicuous Consumption: Often orders more food than he can finish. Less the case in the later seasons.
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Food Porn
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Food Porn: And how! He aims to showcase the cultural aspects of food he tastes, and more often than not, he makes them sound more delicious than it usually looks. It sometimes comes to bite him back, usually for laughs.
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Impossibly Delicious Food
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Impossibly Delicious Food: Sometimes in the most unexpected places or from the most unexpected preparations.
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Running Gag
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Running Gag: Andrew Zimmern's loathing of durian. Also, him cooking testicles.
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Shown Their Work
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Shown Their Work: Played straight and subverted. Whenever he gets a chance to cook, he will cook. If anyone forgets that he's a chef, he'll show you why he's one. Subverted when he's introduced to new techniques or "traditional techniques". And this is not including his appearance in Iron Chef America. A great example of him cooking is the LA Popup episode in S2 of Bizarre Foods America. Andrew will cook body parts that others seems to ignore. A favorite of his is testicles. The Charleston episode had him shoot one of the nuisance birds, which is as big as an eagle. His hosts then said "Why don't you break down that bird? I see you do it all the time on TV." Although Andrew doesn't present himself as an expert on this, he breaks down that bird like an expert.
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