Andrew Zimmern visits Uganda: Chapter 4 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH

Written by Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern goes with an ancient, armed guard to try lungfish—a fish that can breathe air and live on its own flesh.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Sep 8, 2009
• ISBN: 9780307734419

Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy-winning and four-time James Beard Award–winning TV personality, chef, writer, and social justice advocate. As the creator, executive producer, and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise, MSNBC’s What’s Eating America, Magnolia Network’s Emmy-nominated Family Dinner, the Emmy-winning The Zimmern List, Field to Fire, Wild Game Kitchen, and the executive producer of PBS’s Hope in the Water, he has devoted his life to exploring and promoting cultural acceptance, tolerance, and understanding through food. He has authored four books, sits on many national boards, and is a global ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme and the International Rescue Committee. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.