Bizarre Foods America Season 3, Episode 8: The Ozarks

Washington D.C.

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.

60 min

Denver

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!

Iowa

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.

60 min

Alaska's Inside Passage

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.

60 min

Wisconsin

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.

60 min

Chicago's Cutting Edge

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.

60 min

Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay

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.

60 min

Northern California

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.

60 min

Portland

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.

60 min