“Every picture tells a story donut” – dishing with Man v. Food star Adam Richman

Chatted with Adam Richman just now for a piece on huffpo. It’s funny, and less calories than a late night snack, so here’s what we said…

Many many questions for Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, general funny people-loving guy and courageous food ingester. Wanted to know how fat is your crew; how do you really feel about that place that serves Philly cheese steak wrapped in a slice of pizza; what do you think it says about France that they serve such puny portions; and how close did you come to winning a t-shirt and a guitar when you ate the Johnnie B. Goode sandwich in Boise, Idaho? Also wanted an excuse to say that the best food poems I know are “Pot Roast” by Mark Strand and “Salami” by Philip Levine. And that neither of those poems holds a candle to the names of food in some regions across America. My personal fave? “Shut Up Juice.”

Richman is a stand-up Brooklyn boy who fondly remembers the original Nathan’s hot dog stand in Coney Island, the old Horn and Hardart’s automats of NYC, the cheesecake at Lindy’s, and the kasha varniskes at Ratner’s.

Tomorrow night on Man v. Food, it’s a multi-pound sundae at the Creamery in San Francisco. Other nights, it will be 14-inch-wide pancakes with pineapple,coconut and Macadamia nuts in Oahu, Hawaii and reindeer sausage in Alaska. But it will always be big, Really big. Serious non-stop all-American big.

“Lulu’s cinnamon buns weigh three and a half pounds,” he explains in a recent entry on his Vlog about an episode that took him to the heartland. “The exact dimensions of Raisa Gorbachev’s hat.”

Now that’s something I did not know. Here’s more …

Tell me about trying to finish that sandwich with “Shut Up Juice” in Little Rock, Arkansas. According to the literature, there’s a 70% failure rate. I also want to hear about the Four Horsemen Burger with the “ghost chiles.”

Richman: The Four Horsemen is a little scary. There’s jalapeno, habenero. You have to get the peppers right. People are so fiercely passionate about their food. I know, I know, in the grand scheme of things, who cares? But there’s civic pride in the food. It’s not to be trifled with. The Four Horsemen is not a little spicy. The peppers can make an ordinary man crumble.

Why the word “ghost”?

Richman: Probably because it killed people. Kidding. Some of the “Ghost chile” ingredients are not only used in cooking. They’re also used to keep wild elephants at bay. So clearly anyone who eats it has less common sense than an elephant. Since I have, it means I’m coming out on top of the elephant. Also, they always say if you want to look skinny, stand next to fat people. So I’m standing next to the elephant on this.

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