About this season
Bizarre Foods America is an American television series, and a spin-off of Bizarre Foods, this time focusing on the United States rather than international travel. Andrew Zimmern travels to various cities throughout the country and samples local cuisines and ways of life. The format is similar to Bizarre Foods. The show premiered Monday January 23, 2012 at 9:00 ET on Travel Channel. Much like the popular Bizarre Foods, Andrew heads to some of the most unique food hubs in the country. Once there he meets with locals and local chefs to gain a better understanding of American cuisine and to see how America has developed its reputation as a melting pot of cultures and foods and what sort of unusual foods people in America might have in their own cities and not realize.
Episodes (10)
1. Washington D.C.
7.0Aired 11 February 2013 • 60 min
Andrew Zimmern visits Washington, DC, for Salvadoran favorites, food trucks that feed hordes of hungry federal workers, and takes a trip back into history to taste what our forefathers ate. Whether it's a blackened snakehead sandwich made in a boat on the Potomac, peanut butter paired with foie gras, or Scrapple at a neighborhood grill known for its soul food, DC is a place where historical favorites and new innovations come together to create a variety of unexpected tastes.
2. Denver
7.0Aired 18 February 2013
Denver may be a modern city, but Andrew finds out that you can still get a taste of the Wild West in the food! Whether it's deep fried Rocky Mountain oysters in a biker bar, pheasant cooked over an open flame, or ant larvae beignets in a fine restaurant, Denver is a goldmine of flavors from both yesterday and today!
3. Iowa
7.0Aired 25 February 2013 • 60 min
Andrew finds out that there's a lot more than meat and potatoes on the table in Iowa. He discovers that Iowa's menu ranges from heritage pork brains with spring onion kimchi to a stew made with a whole sheep's head.
4. Alaska's Inside Passage
6.0Aired 4 March 2013 • 60 min
There's a bounty of new flavors in store for Andrew when he visits Alaska's Inside Passage. From fresh sea cucumbers, to pickled gumboots, to smoked hooligans, there are plenty of new finds and old favorites for Andrew to try.
5. Wisconsin
6.0Aired 11 March 2013 • 60 min
Andrew visits Wisconsin, where he learns the science behind improving the taste of milk. Also: A Serbian casserole is prepared with lamb organs; and emu testicles are tasted.
6. Chicago's Cutting Edge
7.0Aired 18 March 2013 • 60 min
Chicago's cutting-edge food scene is explored by Andrew, who learns about a dish made with whale vomit and samples a charcuterie's duck-heart pâté. Also: a soup that smells like a dead body.
7. Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay
6.0Aired 25 March 2013 • 60 min
Andrew's time in Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay is spent learning how to skin a muskrat and selling produce from a horse-drawn carriage. He also gets a taste of grilled eel, steamed blue crabs and Korean blood sausage.
8. The Ozarks
6.0Aired 1 April 2013 • 60 min
Andrew visits the Ozarks, where hunting and fishing are a way of life. During his stay, he eats fried rabbit legs, bear crackling and bacon-wrapped crow breast.
9. Northern California
7.0Aired 15 April 2013 • 60 min
Andrew Zimmern visits Northern California where people are reinventing sustainable living, like hunting doves, to developing strange new flavors for jelly beans, to training sheep to eat weeds at local vineyards, people in this part of the country have a unique way of looking at how to get the food they eat.
10. Portland
8.0Aired 22 April 2013 • 60 min
Andrew Zimmern heads to Portland, OR, where free thinking foodies are pushing the limits when it comes to creating what to eat. He tries things like elk heart tartar, goose liver chocolates, and ice cream made from marrow.