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'Anything That Moves' traces the bizarre evolution of American cuisine
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Dec 23, 2013
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'Anything That Moves' traces the bizarre evolution of American cuisine
These days, Americans are in search of the most exotic or hard to find foods, even challenging traditional notions of what is actually edible with things like bugs, brains, whale or horse.
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These days, Americans are in search of the most exotic or hard to find foods, even challenging traditional notions of what is actually edible with things like bugs, brains, whale or horse.

Extreme cuisine shows on reality TV have given foodies the roadmap to look past the corner diner for their next meal. Instead, they go in search of the most exotic or hard to find foods, even challenging traditional notions of what is actually edible with things like bugs, brains, whale or horse. 

New Yorker food writer Dana Goodyear writes about this change in her new book, "Anything That Moves."