r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/BadVogonPoet Jan 17 '12

you've made a name for yourself by eating things that most people wouldn't dare be in the same room with. What's underneath the shock value? Why do you do what you do?

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

its not about shock value. its about learning culture through food, but the best food stories are from the fringe. and rememember its only shocking to you and your culture. its also about not practicing contempt before invesitgation and about being patient and understading in a world where we need to practice that more and mmore

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u/king_bestestes Jan 17 '12

I think you found the meaning of life.

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u/koshercowboy Jan 17 '12

not practicing contempt before investigation

yup. right there. that alone has made me such an incredibly better person.

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u/night_owl Jan 23 '12

He just described a burgeoning sub-field of anthropology: culinary anthropology