Plot Synopsis

Travel the globe on an extreme culinary adventure to uncover the world's deadliest foods. For generations people have eaten dangerous living creatures as a way to get the nutrition and protein to survive and over many years man has overcome the barrier of the deadly poison that resides within. Locals share their culinary secrets and chefs, researchers and doctors give their view on the benefits in the foods and what could happen if it went horribly wrong. To find these poisonous delicacies, DINING WITH DEATH treks through dense forests, outback areas and remote streams of Asian countries including Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Laos. Travel Channel aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 9pm with three back-to-back-to-back episodes.