Show #201
TAIPEI FOOD SHOW
Food reporter Burt Wolf takes us on a tour of The Taipei Chinese Food Festival, an annual event that brings together the superstars of Chinese cooking. Tour the island's beautiful Northeast Coast and learn some easy and great tasting Chinese recipes.

Show #202
HAWAII
Burt Wolf takes us to the islands of Hawaii to see how the ancient Hawaiians cooked. We discover which fruit keeps the goddess of volcanoes content, and learn how to prepare some great tasting recipes that are ideal for good health.

Show #203
AMSTERDAM
Burt Wolf takes us on a tour of Amsterdam, one of the world's most beautiful cities. We'll learn some traditional Dutch recipes, and find out why beer has been popular for over 5,000 years.

Show #204
TORONTO
Burt Wolf brings us to Toronto, Canada to visit one of the most elegant hotels in North America, to prepare a meal in a 200-year-old fort and to get the recipes for some of the town's best dishes.

Show #205
ELLIS ISLAND
Ellis Island in New York City is the place where millions of immigrants got their first taste of American food, and in return, introduced their own cuisines to America. Burt Wolf takes us to the island and traces gastronomic contributions from Irish stew to Russian chicken.

Show #206
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Burt Wolf takes us to Sydney, Australia to see miles of clean ocean with some of the best seafood on the planet. Visit Sydney as it was in the early days. Find out how Captain Bligh caused a second mutiny - even bigger than the one on The Bounty. Cook along with some of Sydney's finest chefs.

Show #207
SAN JUAN
Burt Wolf takes us on an aerial tour of the Puerto Rican city of San Juan, shows us how the native tribes, Spanish and Africans, combined their cooking techniques to produce great food, and demonstrates how to prepare some of the tastiest local specialties.

Show #208
FRANCE
Burt Wolf takes us to Paris and the school where Julia Child learned to cook. We tour a 16th century Abbey and find out what the monks drank to keep up their good health. We visit the district of Champagne and learn about one of the world's most successful champagne companies. Plus, some wonderful French food.

Show #209
JAMAICA
Jamaica is a land of relaxation, romance and reggae where Burt Wolf shows us a 300-year-old cooking technique that is becoming a hot food fad in the U.S. Discover some easy down-home Jamaican recipes and check out a fruit that could come to haunt you if you don't slice it properly.

Show #210
SEATTLE
Find out how the United States became a nation of coffee drinkers. Visit the most popular Herbfarm in the country. Discover what makes Seattle one of the most livable cities in the world, and learn some of the town's best recipes.

Show #211
ITALIAN FOOD IN AMERICA
Learn recipes from the great Italian cities of Florence and Venice and how these recipes were brought to America. Find out how the Italian cooks used the prohibition years to make Italian food the most popular restaurant food in North America. Discover how the Italians taught us to eat our vegetables.

Show #212
ST. THOMAS & ST. JOHN
Visit two of the U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas and St. John. Find out why St. Thomas has the biggest duty free allowance ever allowed by the United States. Tour the island of St. John and see one of the most beautiful spots in the Caribbean. Cook with some great chefs.

Show #213
MIAMI
Miami Florida is part American, part European, part Latin and the part of our country that may still be the land of opportunity. Burt Wolf takes us on a tour of Miami's Little Havana, tells us how the honeymoon got its name, and explores some great cooking.

Show #214
ACROSS CANADA
Burt Wolf takes us coast-to-coast across Canada on the Via Rail train and gives us a close-up look at some of the world's most beautiful scenery. We learn the gastronomic history of the provinces from the French in Ontario to the Russians in Manitoba. Plus, easy recipes from each of the regions.

Show #215
ON BOARD CANADA'S VIA RAIL
Burt Wolf shows us the pictorial history of the passenger trains of Canada. We take a look at the traditions of the golden age of train travel, the history of onboard food, and the recipes that have made Via Rail famous for the best meal on a wheel.

Show #216
FOOD OF CHINA
Burt Wolf guides us through the Republic of China to trace the 6,000-year-old history of Chinese cooking. We tour the country's natural beauty, learn how the Chinese use food to balance the body's inherent energies, and pick up some easy and great tasting recipes.

Show #217
PONCE, PUERTO RICO
Visit the Puerto Rican city of Ponce, called "The Pearl of the South." Discover why, for the past 300 years, it has been one of the artistic and literary centers of the Caribbean. Visit the finest classic art museum in the Caribbean and see what it can teach us about food. Learn the recipes for some of the best tasting dishes on the island.

Show #218
HOLLAND
Holland - a country that was created by its people when they reclaimed their land from the sea. Look at the paintings of Dutch artists, like Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and discover what they're eating in the paintings. Learn why Holland produces some of the world's best fruits and vegetables. Trace the creation of cheese.

Show #219
DOWN UNDER, AUSTRALIA
Burt Wolf takes us Down Under to Australia. Learn easy and good tasting recipes from local chefs. Rediscover Australia's thirty-thousand-year past and what it can teach us about good food.

Show #220
WASHINGTON STATE
Visit the set of the top television series Northern Exposure. Talk to the stars and learn the recipe for Ruth-Ann's meatloaf. Discover the true story of Tugboat Annie. Find out how the explosion of Mt. St. Helens improved the nutritional value of our potatoes, and cook along with some of the great chefs of the Northwest.

Show #221
ST. CROIX
St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Visit one of the most beautiful old towns in the Caribbean. Tour a botanical garden. Find out what the galley cooks of sailboats can teach us about making life easier in our own kitchens. Learn some recipes that are simple to prepare and taste great.

Show #222
HALIFAX
Halifax - on the east coast of Canada...surrounded by clear, clean waters that produce some of the world's finest seafood. See the magnificent natural charm of North America. Learn how to take the meat out of a lobster. Cook up some great tasting and easy recipes. Find out what politicians and crabs have in common.

Show #223
ON THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA
Bermuda, only 600 miles off the coast of Carolina, is an ideal spot for an easy vacation. The British have been there since the early 1600's, and have packed the place with interesting architecture and traditional English culture. Bermudians are also interesting cooks, with a 400-year history of local specialties. We'll also investigate the Bermuda Triangle Cookie.

Show #224
ON THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA
The island of Formosa. It's the place to take a look at some of the most interesting temples of China, and to see how the teachings of Buddha and the instructions of Confucius have changed the way the Chinese cook. We'll see how 17th Century Europeans came here to control the spice trade and accidentally influenced the course of Western art. We'll take a look at the story of tea and learn some great tasting and easy recipes.

Show #225
THE CULTURAL SOUTHLAND OF TAIWAN
The cultural southland of Taiwan...home to the people of Lukang, whose town looks much as it did some 200 years ago. We'll visit the temple of the Goddess of the Sea. We'll find out how Taoist teachings continue to control the work of Chinese cooks - and the way the Chinese drive their cars. We'll visit one of the favorite honeymoon spots in the Far East, and learn some easy and interesting recipes.

Show #226
HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Hamilton is the capital city of Bermuda, and the cultural center of a group of islands just off the Atlantic coast of North America...islands with a special climate made possible by the warm waters of the Gulfstream that come up from Mexico. Bermuda is the place to scoot around, visit some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and to taste some top-class cooking, including a classic soup made with the famous Bermuda onion.