The Globe and Mail Published January 20, 2021
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Cookbook author and TV food personality Bob Blumer is a culinary boundary-pusher. He’s made meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato icing. He’s poached salmon in the dishwasher, and he’s won eight Guinness Book of World Records for a variety of food-related feats, including making the largest bowl of salsa, weighing in at 2,672 pounds.
Through it all, the former host of Food Network’s popular series
Glutton for Punishment and
Surreal Gourmet has made friends around the world, including some of the world’s top chefs, street-food vendors and small-town restaurateurs.
He soaked up everything they’ve taught him, and now he’s poured that knowledge into his seventh cookbook,