Speaking of thin people, another person it makes no sense to take advice from is the waiter. When a fat person talks about a great place to get a burger, I lean in. Overweight people have chosen food over appearance. Fat people know the consequences of eating, but if the food is good enough, they just don’t care. I’m on a diet.” A taco that won’t force you to break your diet just can’t be that great. Or maybe it was great, but the thin person cared more about the calories than the taste: “I had to stop at one taco. How do they know it’s so great? From smelling the tacos? If they only ate one taco, the taco could not have been that great.

When a thin person announces, “Here’s a great taco place,” I kind of shut down a little. I’m like the Ray Lewis or Terry Bradshaw of eating. When I talk about food, I like to think I’m like one of those sportscasters who used to play professionally. This is why some sportscasters wonder what’s going on in a player’s head during a tense moment in a game, but the sportscaster who was once a player knows what’s going on in a player’s head. I know this may not be fair, but when Mario Batali talks, I always think, Well, this is a guy who knows what he’s talking about. I consciously try not to take food advice from thin people. First of all, how do you know they really feel passionately about food? Well, obviously they are not passionate enough to overdo it. I wouldn’t trust them skinnies with food advice. I’m not talking about someone who is merely in good shape. 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. Okay, to some I might not be considered that fat, but the point is, I’m not thin. So why should you read it? Here’s why: I’m a little fat. What are my qualifications to write this book? None, really. Stand-up comic Jim Gaffigan is known for his riffs on foods he loves, and foods he loves to hate like the 'hot pocket' sketch, which really put him on the map.

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