Whether or not the Travel Channel decides to pick up "Confessions Of A Travel Writer," television will still be getting a new travel show this next season. Due to air on October 17, PBS will debut it's new show from Gourmet Magazine. Taking cues from Anthony Bourdain and the old Gourmet show "Diary of a Foodie," the new "Adventures With Ruth" will follow notorious critic (and Gourmet editor-in-chief) Ruth Reichl as she explores food vacations.
Lending star power to the show will be occasional visits from food-loving celebrities, like actresses Frances McDormand and Lorraine Bracco who hit up some cooking schools with Ruth. While it's just another show seeking to explore cultures through their food, it'll perhaps draw in the Lifetime channel-loving public who might be turned off by Bourdain's and Zimmern's more raw approach.
The ten episodes of Ruth's show was sponsored by American Airlines, so you know someone was flying first class. As a result, the show will also air on American's in-flight entertainment. Fingers crossed that Ruth visits the elusive Olive Garden cooking school in Italy!
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