Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

- Season 12

(2018)

Pastrami bear tenderloin, sauerkraut stew, and boiled muskrat are among the foods that Andrew enjoys on the Paul Bunyan trail. He joins Northern Minnesota natives for potluck dinners of wild rice, crayfish, duck, and fish head soup.

Andrew eats rotten tomato ketchup, confederate biscuits, and ham cake on the Jesse James trail. Venison heart, crappie ceviche, stewed rabbit, and pan-fried pheasant are on the menu as he traces the steps of the notorious outlaw.

Andrew eats like a king in butcher shops, fortresses and farms. From veal breakfast sausage to carp sperm sacs, Germany's romantic road gives Andrew lots to chew on- including pancreas stew, udder schnitzel and grilled goose.

Andrew dives into the culinary treasures of Italy's Amalfi Coast. He samples raw red mullet aboard a fishing boat, tastes years-old fish sauce, visits the Sistine Chapel of Salumi, and tucks in to Mama Agata's cloud-like meatballs.

Andrew Zimmern gets a taste of the culinary impact of Napoleon's march through Poland; he tries decadent tripe soup, rump steak seasoned with gunpowder and the brain of a roe deer roasted over a campfire.

Andrew explores the route taken by Pueblo leader Po'pay during the 1680 revolt against the Spanish; along the way, he breaks bread with people who embody the enduring spirit of the Pueblo culture.

Andrew Zimmern explores ancient superfoods, heirloom seeds and indigenous culinary traditions of Aztec Mexico; he eats wild boar with native cactus, stinkbug salsa and seven-chili rabbit before trying sweaty tacos inspired by Aztec ingredients.