Man V. Food

It seems to me like my posts have not been very diversified. I mostly talk about what is going on with my branch or what happens when I go out of town because the rest of my life is BORING. However, in an effort to diversify, I thought I would give a shout-out to one of my new favorite shows, Man V. Food, which comes on Wednesday nights on the Travel Channel. I was introduced to this show by Stephanie. We now have a standing date every Wednesday night to watch it when she gets done with work. It is amazing!

The host is a man named Adam Richman, an intriguing character from New York, who has a master's degree in drama from Yale, but has distinguished himself by working in almost every job imaginable in the restaurant business. The premise of the show is that he visits cities around the U.S., and spends a couple of days at some of the restaurants the cities are famous for. At the end of the show, he will take on a "food challenge." These food challenges have included a 7 pound burger, a 13 pound pizza (he had a partner for that one), and a 72 oz. steak. Sometimes, he's able to eat all of whatever he's supposed to. Sometimes he doesn't. Here are the reasons I think the show is so appealing to me and Stephanie:

• There's drama-will he be able to finish the 13 pound pizza, or will he have to forfeit because his partner had to leave the restaurant to puke in the bushes? I am continually amazed at the amount of food he is able to eat.
• There's comedy-if he can't finish his food, he waves a white flag (or possibly a dish towel) in surrender. At the end, he holds a mock press conference where people in the restaurant ask him questions, typically related to how full he feels.
• It's exciting when he visits cities I have been to, like Memphis or Austin. He was in Amarillo, which is only a couple of hours away from Lubbock and comparable in size.
• Stephanie finds him immensely attractive. He tends to get sauce on his face when he is eating, and he has been known to break out in "the meat sweats" from time to time.
• He looks like a guy I used to date, whose name was also Adam.
• It sparks conversation. I showed it to Danny when I was in Vegas over Christmas, and I could tell he was thinking about where he could go to test out his eating abilities.
• Adam often describes the food he is eating, the way a food critic does. Actually, Stephanie hates this part.

 Anyway, it probably doesn't really have anything to do with anything, but I thought I would share that piece of my life with the three people who read this blog. If you get the Travel Channel, I would highly recommend checking it out. If you do not get the Travel Channel, you should make friends with someone who does, like I did.