Food a love story
"What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here's why: I'm a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I'd highly recommend that you do not read his book." Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kal...
| Main Author: | Gaffigan, Jim (Author) |
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Westminster, MD] :
Books on Tape
[2014]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
"What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here's why: I'm a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I'd highly recommend that you do not read his book." Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet ("choking on bacon is like getting murdered by your lover") and decrying the worst offenders ("kale is the early morning of foods"). Fans flocked to his New York Times bestselling book Dad is Fat to hear him riff on fatherhood but now, in his second book, he will give them what they really crave--hundreds of pages of his thoughts on all things culinary(ish). Insights such as: why he believes coconut water was invented to get people to stop drinking coconut water, why pretzel bread is #3 on his most important inventions of humankind (behind the wheel and the computer), and the answer to the age-old question "which animal is more delicious: the pig, the cow, or the bacon cheeseburger?" -- Provided by publisher. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from web page. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: |
6 audio discs (7 hr., 17 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9780804192231 (library ed.) : 0804192235 (library ed.) : |
| Author Notes: |
James Christopher "Jim" Gaffigan was born July 7, 1966 in Indiana. He graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 1988 and became a stand-up comedian. Gaffigan is also known for routines or skits relating to being lazy and eating food, especially popular routines regarding Hot Pockets, cake, and bacon. In 2004 Gaffigan's stand up material was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. His 2006 album, Beyond the Pale, consisted primarily of material regarding food and American eating habits. The album was accompanied by an hour-long special on Comedy Central of the same name, which was released on DVD. His 2009 album, King Baby, was also a television special filmed in Austin, Texas at the end of his "The Sexy Tour". Gaffigan produced a series of animated shorts for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, titled Pale Force, in which the animated Gaffigan and O'Brien are superheroes who fight crime with their extremely pale skin. He made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013 with his title Dad is Fat and in 2014 with Food: A Love Story. (Bowker Author Biography) |