What do you love most about cooking?
The look on someones face when they take the first bite, tied with the ‘zen’ of being in the moment with my food as I prepare it.
What was your favorite meal when you were a kid?
My mom’s home made chicken chow mein which she called “chicken a la gush”.
If you could only have one more meal, what would it consist of?
Im sitting on a beach with a bucket of cherry stone clams, an ice cold pitcher of gazpacho, my grandmothers chopped chicken liver and my wifes roast chicken. Coffee granite and coffee ice cream for dessert with home made hot fudge on the side.
Are there any particular experiences that spark an urge to get in the kitchen?
Every time I see a perfect ingredient anywhere.
We have learned that you really enjoy playing the guitar. What kind of music do you listen to?
I listen to everything. I have over 17,000 songs on my laptop.. I just looked down at my Iphone to see the last artists I searched for so I could listen to one of their albums….
Alejandro Escovedo
Black Keys
Grateful Dead
Avett Bros
Curtis Mayfield
Yes
Earth, Wind and Fire
Prince
Beatles
Brian Eno
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Talking Heads
Johnny Cash
Isley Brothers
Quah (a one-off Jorma Kaukonen 70’s acoustic piece of perfection)
Roxy Music
Ryan Adams
Holly Williams
About Andrew Zimmern
A three-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher, Andrew Zimmern is universally regarded as one of the most versatile and knowledgeable personalities in the food world. As the creator, executive producer and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise on Travel Channel (including Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, Bizarre Foods America and the new Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations), and now Driven by Food. Andrew has explored cultures in more than 150 countries, promoting impactful ways to think about, create and live with food.
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