Andrew Zimmern reveals what he does to find the best foods when he travels

Andrew Zimmern, the host of "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel Channel, is spending his new season traveling around the US searching for interesting foods to try. In his interview with Business Insider, he gave us advice on finding the best food when you travel. Following is a transcript of the video.

Food is good. Food with the story is better. Food with the story that you haven't heard about is better than that and food with the story that you haven't heard about but that you can relate to is best of all.

And when you ask people in markets what they are making, you start learning and engaging in a discussion about food and culture that I just find endlessly fascinating so I'm big on markets, I'm big on exploration, I'm big on going to the last stop on the subway - I mean that figuratively although sometimes it actually is literal. But the further you get away from the center of anything, when you're out there on the fringes of stuff, you learn the most. I mean, that's where the freaks and the geeks and you know - the alt-universe people and the - I just find the most fascinating things out on the fringes of society and I would encourage people to be curious travelers.

When we are traveling, I believe we become the best versions of ourselves. I think the power of travel is transformative. We're less risk-averse, we ask more questions, we have to. We are willing to try new things, we have experiences and we bring that home and hopefully we don't forget it.