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City guys go hunting on 'Hungry' By George Dickie © Zap2it In a week when much of the country sits down to a sumptuous Thanks- giving feast, National Geographic Channel and chef Eric Greens- pan show how some home-cooked meals get to the table in the first place. In "Eric Greenspan Is Hungry," premiering Monday, Nov. 24, the Los Angeles-based restaurateur and his college pal, Captain Mauzner (aka Holly- wood screenwriter Josh Klausner), venture out of the city and into the country to follow hunt- ers and anglers as they pursue, harvest and cook their quarry. Along the way, they pick up recipes and techniques for butchering and pre- paring wild game. "In many ways, it's about the source," Greenspan explains. "We take what would be a typical travel food show and go one layer deeper, to the hunt, to the farm, to the fishing and then to the table." The action in Season 1 takes place in Texas, Louisiana, Missis- sippi and Arkansas, with game such as turkey, buffalo, goat and craw- fish on the agenda. In Monday's opener, the newbies join hunters to go after Arkansas wild hog. (Warning to sensitive viewers: The episode provided jour- nalists shows a squeal- ing swine being tracked down and surrounded by hunting dogs, fol- lowed by the sound of a gunshot. Greenspan is then shown butchering the carcass but the sight of blood is minimal.) Another episode takes the guys to Texas to bowfish for long- nosed gar, a freshwater cousin of the barracuda. "I've never had to hatchet skin off a fish before," Greenspan says. "Bowfishing's amazing. I did not hit anything. ... And not very good eating. "You know what? We learned anything can taste good if the guy who's cooking it loves it. Because we had this guy Gerard who loved gar so much, and when he cooked it for us it was amazing. Everybody else was kind of like, 'Well, I'll cook it for you but ...' ting wood with comical results. But both are respectful of their hosts' ways and traditions and are fascinated by them. Both men agree that while their Southern California upbringing may be vastly differ- ent from those of the people they met on the show, they managed to find much in common with them. "I had such ste- reotypes of hunting," Mauzner says. "Being a city guy my whole life between New York and L.A., never hunted, always had this stereo- type of what a hunter was, what hunting is. And it's really just an excuse to hang out with your buddies. So it's a lot of fun, a lot of chill- ing, meeting the people. The experience of hunt- ing was nothing like I imagined and it was re- ally, really cool." "At the end of the day," Greenspan says, "what the show is re- ally about ... is about people. And it's about breaking down stereo- types — our stereo- types about them and their stereotypes about us." "Eric Greenspan Is Hungry" premieres Monday on National Geographic Channel. and it sucked. But when Gerard cooked it, it was amazing. He had a way." The two city guys are clearly out of their element in the wild, which they make plain throughout. In the pre- miere, Greenspan has trouble keeping up with the dogs while Mauzner tries his hand at split- 2 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • November 24 - 30, 2014 BOWL FREE * BUY ONE GAME & GET ONE FREE! Karaoke!!! Friday 9:30 to Midnight! 1300 W. Pike St. • Goshen • 574-533-8564 www.MapleCityBowl.com *Must bring coupon Say It On Page 2 Of The • Announcements • Birthdays • Memorials • Special Events • Congratulations Advertisements must be paid in advance. Contact us for deadlines and prices. 574-533-2151 or 800-487-2151 ext. 398

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