Down Boy: Q&A with Steven Rinella
Though author Steven Rinella wrote the book on weird food (The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine), traveling to Vietnam to sample cooked dog for the October 2007 feature story “Down Boy” totally freaked him out. Rinella talks to Anthony Cerretani about why dog was the most difficult thing he's ever downed, why he's fascinated with the weird and wild ways of food, and what's up next on the menu.
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