Lamb's Eyeball? Beating Frog Heart? All In a Day's Meal For Andrew Zimmern On His New Travel Channel Series

You gotta love this guy, Andrew Zimmern.  (And I can tell you he IS lovable because I've gotten to know him and his lovely wife, Rishia, since moving to Saint Paul, MN. That's the happy couple below and to the right at a debut party for the series at Morton's in Minneapolis last night .) 

Anyway, you should love Andrew Zimmern because he's willing to eat the beating heart of a frog, slimy worms extracted from inside trees, and other exotic foods that are considered delicacies in some parts of the world so you don't have to.  It's all a part of his new, one-hour Travel Channel series called "Bizarre Foods."   

"Bizarre Foods" made its debut last night, and 11 more episodes will air on subsequent Monday nights at 8 p.m. East Coast time on the Travel Channel, although I note by looking at my local cable schedule that the network is repeating his shows frequently.  The series is also being shown on Discovery Asia and Discovery Europe, and the shows are so well done, I expect Andrew and his production company, Tremendous Entertainment, will be signed up for a second series soon.

That's because Andrew has a warm and witty television personality that allows viewers to share his curiosity about different cultures and cuisines even as they go, "Ewwww!"  Andrew's first season's shooting schedule has included destinations as far afield as Mongolia, the United Kingdom, and the Gulf Coast of the US.  His list of the top ten most bizarre foods he's consumed includes soup made from the back and testicles of cow, goose intestines (served with bean sprouts), coconut grubs and mangrove worms. 

A big Maxa thumb's up for "Bizarre Foods."  Catch it if you can, and bon appetit.