This just in. Travel & Living just started playing the latest Jamie O's adventure food trips. Aired November 12th, it is showing at 7 pm local time on Sundays. I watched an episode whereby he was in a food competition somewhere in Georgia and he actually won and stated that he never won anything in a food competition before!On JAMIE'S AMERICAN ROADTRIP, Jamie travels across the USA to parts of this huge continent that few tourists will ever see. In each episode, he delves into the underbelly of American society to discover fascinating stories of real American food and meets some of the country's most interesting but unknown food heroes.
The episodes will cover Jamie's roadtrip to the following places - alongside is the episode description:
New York
Even though Jamie has been visiting New York for over ten years, he has never ventured out of Manhattan. This trip takes him away from the high-end restaurants and five-star hotels he's used to and drops him in the middle of the world's most ethnically diverse area: Queens. On his forays into the city, he uncovers things he's never imagined: a restaurant run in a family's living room, another making home-cooked Colombian food for illegal immigrants and an anti-restaurant 'supper club' scene, hosted in people's homes and providing restaurant quality food for wallet-friendly prices. Jamie decides to host his own supper club, with a menu that pays homage to New York's eclectic mish mash of food cultures.
Louisiana
Jamie touches down in Louisiana just weeks after Hurricane Gustav has wrecked havoc in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Seeking to understand why people continue to live in a place that keeps getting battered by hurricanes, Jamie finds a state full of people who use food as a way to celebrate life and to keep the party going through adversity. Along the way, he meets authentic cooking experts from the region, New Orleans 'gumbo queen', Leah Chase, jazz star and BBQ expert Kermit Ruffins and alligator-hunting grandmother Sydney Mae Durand. As Jamie journeys deep into Louisiana, he finds himself in the company of Creole and Cajun comfort staples.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is synonymous with glitz, glamour and the American dream. But just a few miles east of the Hollywood sign lives America's largest concentration of Mexican immigrants. Unsurprisingly, Jamie chooses to keep it real instead of living it up in Los Angeles. East LA is notorious for gangs, drugs and violence, but alongside these problems Jamie discovers a community that is proud of its food, committed to family and striving to make the American dream a reality.
Navajo Reservation
With no experience in backpacking or roughing it out, Jamie finds himself in unknown territory during the harsh Arizona Winter. He leaves the tourist trail to spend time with the Navajo Indians on the largest reservation in America. Staying with Mayor Elect Roy Kady, who also happens to be a sheep farmer, Jamie witnesses Navajo traditions up close from spending the night in a Hogan to cooking with elders and receiving a crash course in Navajo spirituality. It doesn't take long before Jamie realises that despite being the original American people, Native Americans are in danger of losing their food culture completely.
Georgia
As the global recession gains momentum, Jamie goes in search of the best cheap food in America. He starts his journey in Georgia, one of the country's poorest states and birthplace of the civil rights movement. Jamie finds a hopeful nation following the election of President Obama, and people determined to make the best food possible with limited finances and ingredients. His journey becomes an exploration of communal dining: pot-luck church dinners, street parties, ladies' tea parties and family roasts.
Wyoming
Jamie wants to see if clichés of Hollywood westerns are all they're cracked up to be. He's always wondered what life as a cowboy is like and in Wyoming, he finally gets to find out. His trip begins in Sheridan, where Annie Proulx conceived the idea for her novel, Brokeback Mountain. Jamie visits a rodeo before heading into the wilds upstate to see if he can cut it living and working on a real American ranch, and cooking for no-nonsense cowboys. (http://press.discovery.com)
A great series to watch! Loving the way he interacts with the people and shares recipes with them! I am yet to get the book :o)
