"extreme cuisine" news and stories

Jeff Corwin makes a habit of traveling the globe to highlight the plight of endangered species and ecologies, but his latest television adventure will focus on what he eats.

The co-host of CNN's "Planet in Peril" will star in new 8-episode series, "Extreme Cuisine," on the Food Network this fall, network officials said Monday.

"I'm not looking to do another cooking travel show -- that's not what this is -- I think there's plenty of that on TV. This is not a 'Fear Factor' sort of show," Corwin told Slashfood in an interview Monday. "I really want this to be a surprising fun adventure where the audience and I get to explore a region and understand a community and a people and a culture through their food."

Hasn't it been beaten to death yet? Everywhere you look, the most hyped movie of the summer that stars Samuel L. Jackson has infiltrated our language so that all we can say is "[something] on a [something]." Even here at Slashfood, we've had Snakes on a Cake, and Snakes on Some Toast. Both were cute, but you know, not as frightening as real snakes on a real plane, right?

But Deep End Dining's Eddie Lin has really done it on his blog, which, unlike other mini-spoofs, are real snakes on something that sounds about as close to "plane" as you can get - a plate. Phong Dinh Restaurant in Rosemead, CA put the snakes on the plate, and Eddie ate them. Granted, he was disappointed that the snake meat was ground and wrapped in leaves, but the restaurant redeemed itself by also presenting him with whole eels on a plate. Close enough.

See Eddie's post for the details of his encounter with snakes on a plate.

If you follow along in the burger world, then you might know about The Counter in Santa Monica, where their thing is BYOB - Build Your Own Burger. Alan Richman even named it one of the 25 burgers you must eat before you die in GQ.

Based on their list of topping choices, there are 312,120 different burger combinations, but at their new location in Palo Alto, Tim attempted to do it all in one shot. He ordered a 5 lb. burger with every topping available. At once. Served in a bowl, the burger almost looks like a sundae and it is not pretty. Neither is the aftermath.

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