A Slight Delay

Somehow I get the feeling that as a kid, Andrew Zimmern never snuck anything off his plate to the dog. The sometime restauranteur, radio personality, television host and prolific blogger, it seems, will eat anything that crosses his plate.

But that isn’t what makes “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” (on the Travel Channel; check your listings) must-see viewing. Some of us can’t stomach even the thought of head cheese (oh, the stories I could tell…), or eating rodents, regardless of how they’re prepared, so you’ve got to give props to a guy that can walk into a restaurant that specializes in dishes consisting of various animal penises and sample half the menu without batting an eyelash. (more…)