This Is Why You're Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks
Jessica Amason, Richard Blakeley
Language: English
Pages: 144
ISBN: 0061936634
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Food was once the providence of celebrated chefs and critical connoisseurs. Cooking shows featured all gourmet creations and web sites displayed artfully photographed delights.
Then something changed.
Perhaps it was the desensitizing of web culture or perhaps it was a cry for help from the food-loving public. But by God - there came a day when fancy vegetable towers came crashing down and $50 mushrooms were no longer acceptable. Amason and Blakley wanted see the old stand-bys, the carnival foods of their childhoods, the sticky mess of a deep-fried candy bar, the indulgence of a greasy burger with all the fixins.
It was the birth of the nasty food web-trend. And it was delicious.
The website This is Why You′re Fat is an ode to this trend - whether seen as a commentary on North American dietary habits or a celebration of the deliciously bad - Amason and Blakey are devoted to the world′s newfound obsession with over-the-top food. Within its first month the site pulled in over ten million eye balls, and attracted major nation media including CNN. The world cooked, they listened.
www.thisiswhyyourefat.com
or hot sauce. LOCAL FAVE! Nick Tahou Hots Rochester, NY Poutine French fries topped with cheese curds and covered in brown gravy. LOCAL FAVE! Quebee, Canada Poutine: Canada’s Gift to Your Ass BY RACHEL SKLAR (JOURNALIST AND PROUD CANADIAN) I am a Canadian, born and bred, who has lived for the past decade in New York City—home of the Balthazar fry, the corner diner fry, that Belgian fry stand in the East Village. This city makes good fries. Yet overwhelmingly the lone
towels. The Deep-Fried Brownie Ball A deep-fried peanut butter-covered brownie wrapped in cookie dough. The Kannibal Four beef patties, one ham sausage patty, one fried egg, and sliced ham covered in minced beef, all in an oversize bun. LOCAL FAVE! Jaskan Grilli Helsinki, Finland Bacon Mac and Cheese Meatloaf Recipe by Kyle Kestell and Jameel Winter 2 lbs ground chuck, 80% lean 2 eggs 2 slices wheat bread, crumbled 2 tbsp ketchup 1 large garlic clove,
vertically Layer Four: 25 slices of ham, each folded in half, layered over the sausages Layer Five: Top slice of the whole King Cake Deep-Fried Grilled-Cheese Sandwich LOCAL FAVE! Smoky Mountain BBQ Portland, OR Heart Attack Sandwich Chicken-fried steak, chicken-fried bacon, a country sausage, a fried egg, a fried green tomato topped with cheddar cheese and sandwiched between buns fried in bacon fat, all served with a gravy dipping sauce. Sandwich of Knowledge
onion, and top with a light dripping of oil and vinegar, then sprinkle on pepper. Repeat this process using different meats with each layer until packed to the top. When the layers have reached the top of the pie, place the top of the loaf back in its original place. Cut as you would a pie. Big-time Burgers Luther Burger A bacon-cheddar cheeseburger with Krispy Kreme donuts as buns. LOCAL FAVE! Monster Burger Odaiba, Japan Monster Box A skewered sandwich/burger made
order… Jessica would like to thank: my partner/roommate/boyfriend, Richard, for being a positive force in getting this site off the ground, creating killer design ideas and for knowing when to let his strong-willed (and usually right!) partner get her way. I’d also like to thank our literary agent, Daniel Greenberg, and all of our contributors and fans who have made the site—and this book—everything it is. A very special thanks goes to our intern and friend, Whitney Jefferson, for her