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By Bret Federigan
Special to MSN TV

TV has no more adventurous or culture-friendly an eater than Andrew Zimmern. There is no global dish, it seems, he's not willing to devour. Just this season on "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern," his culinary adventure series on Travel Channel, ... more the James Beard Award-winning TV personality has sampled rats in Thailand, grasshoppers in Cambodia, goat liver in Mongolia and sheep's eyeballs in Arizona. With a ready appetite and a sympathetic eye for the world's varied traditions, Zimmern makes even the most exotic and unusual of global cuisines easy to stomach. With Season 5 set to wrap up this Monday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel, we chatted with Zimmern about his most recent travels, his culinary roots and his stature as TV's unquestioned food authority on all things bizarre.

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"Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern" airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel.

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