Bizzare Foods

Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern is a cook, journalist and culinary explorer, who travels the world to experience all the different foods and flavors out there, especially the bizzare ones.

This show is just hilarious and so interesting. Andrew is just a fearless eater. Whatever lands on his plate he eats it! It is really disgusting sometimes. I think he has eaten every bits and pieces of almost every animal. But it is a very entertaining show and I love to watch it because I think it is very intense. He has traveled so many countries and really gets so close into the foreign cooking and all the backyards where he can learn more about the preparation of the food and also the background of the culture. I agree with him when he says it is a great way to get to know different culture through their food and eating habits.

 Movie Trailer

"Der Koch"

A new film is coming out in Germany on the 27. of Novemer. It is called "The Cook" and based on the bestseller book of  Martin Suters. It is about a tamil applicant for asylum called Maravan, who happens to be a phenomenal cook. Especially he knows about aphrodisiac cooking, which brings him success but also a lot of trouble.
I haven't read the book but to me the trailer looks interesting, especially with this other cultural background of the main character. I hope you learn more about this in the movie.
And of course it always gives me goose bumps when I see close up cooking and hear this beautiful sizzling noise, which i love.

CHiC

2005-2009 on arte TV

"CHiC" was a televison lifestyle show, which was all about fashion, architecture, gastronomy and design. It was aired from 2005 till 2009 in France and Germany. I think it was my first show on arte I watched religiously! The show was dealing with all the subjects I was (and still am) interested in. One episode was about 26 minutes long. It had so many interesting issues, stories and discoveries. Because of this huge span of time it is hard to remember everything. What I can remember though is that there was always a report about the history of a special item, which was always interesting to learn about. I was especially looking forward to fridays (at least I think it was a friday), because on that day they had one grocerie they introduced and had some chef cook with it. You could download the recipes on the arte website, which I did of course!

I loved the show and I am still looking for something that is similar to that one, but to this day I haven't. Maybe it is out there in some other country and I haven't found it yet.

I tried to find old reports on youtube, but sadly there is a very small selection. I will put some down below though, so you get a bit of an impression what it was like. Or maybe you also used to watch it and have great memories about this show.

in french

 in french

in french

 in french

  

in german

Food Documentaries

 Iran and India

As you already know I love to watch food documentaries! So I just want to share these two with you. I am currently super interested in asian and oriental cooking. So I really enjoyed watching these series. I am just so fascinated with the different combinations and ways of preparing the food. There are so many foreign and interesting spices. I am obsessed with these spices that give the food such a great flavor and lush color. I could watch them make these delicious dishes all day. To watch how somebody is cooking and seeing the passion they put into it is so delightful and you can always pick up things.

Iran

watch also episode 2-4

India

watch also episode 2-5

Music

Shannon Saunders 

I already mentioned her in an earlier post and recommended the song "Sheets". Here are new uploads of two of her songs from her album. I think she is such a talended musician. I have the feeling that her music is somehow delicate but also playful and adventurous. I really like this soft-edgyness.

I will also put the first video of "shed session" down below where she is performing beautifully an accoustic version of her song "Creatures".

http://instagram.com/saundersshannon

http://www.shannonsaundersofficial.com/

Shoes Shoes Shoes

Bucket list - Boating
in Copenhagen

http://www.goboat.dk/#home

Lately I have a huge desire to visit the nordic countries like Denkmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden ( I just went to Stockholm a few years ago, but that trip was just  too short!).

When I discovered this website, where you can rent boats to have a picnic on and explore copenhagen from the water, I had to put it on my bucket list! For one thing I love water and boats and for another thing I am crazy about picnics!!!! It is just one of the best things to share home made food, the companionship of others and sitting in nature or enjoying a part of nature. It is more of an experience than a normal meal at home or in a restaurant.

There is also a menu you can order from: http://www.goboat.dk/menu