This weekend, the tiny town of Hokitika, New Zealand, population 4,500, will be flooded by 17,000 foodies, who are flying, driving and bussing in from all over sample the oddest delicacies they can get their mitts on.

World Hum has got a lock on the extreme-cooking beat this week. Yesterday they posted about a new BBC TV show from chef and food writer Stefan Gates called Cooking in the Danger Zone about odd delicacies and crisis-zone cuisine the world over. Today, they