Watched PBS the other evening and the program National Geographic Trekker was on.
Tyler Florence was the "host."
I was so utterly shocked at his outlandishly boorish and rude behavior that it's difficult for me to describe!
The solitary redeeming value of the program was the videography (which was equally poor) was of scenes I'd not seen, and the topics which I'd not seen covered.
Not being A TF fan anyway, I now have more reason to abstain from viewing his Food Network shows... or any other upon which he appears.
To redeem the sociocultural and ethnological dietary aspect of the show, I will say that while he was in Oaxaca, he ate a pumpkin soup topped with with white hominy, and watched chocolate being made from the bean, cinnamon and almonds. And, I saw a dish "Vuelve a la Vida,” ("Back to Life” -or- “Return to Life") which is a ceviche c,ocktail that originated in Veracruz. Containing shrimp, octopus, oysters, crab, cedlery, etc., with tomato salsa, lime, onions, cilantro, and chile peppers, the “corpse reviver” (also sometimes called “Levanta Muertos") is supposed to cure any hangover.
I'd enjoyed it in Scottsboro - though not suffering from such over-indulgence.
One of the most misunderstood aspects of Mexico is their people. With several hundred nationally recognized unique non-Mestizo peoples (those not having their ancestry through the Spanish conquistadores - and whom do NOT speak Spanish), their culturally rich and diverse foods and gustatory blends are among the most tasty!
I'd say it's on parallel with Indian food in it's diverse palate offerings.
They all sounded absolutely scrumptious!
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