This Is Why You're Fat_ Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks - Jessica Amason [10]
Thank you, Mom, for offering to buy “every copy” of this book. Thank you, Dad, for all your business and life advice, and thank you, Erik, for sending me regular IMs that say: “omg my sister’s famous.”
I’d also like to thank Mack Williams for his design input and Joe Garden for the hilarious Foreword.
Thank you to all my friends for their high fives, support, and general awesomeness during this process.
Last but not least, thanks to our publishing team, my patient editors at Urlesque.com, and of course, the Internet.
Richard would like to thank: my amazingly talented girlfriend, whose ability to see the larger picture and be the most detail-oriented person I know always amazes me, along with her scheduling abilities and her gift for juggling a million different things at once with Nazi-like precision. This entire project wouldn’t have been a fraction of what it is without you, Jess.
My trusty video department companion Mike Byhoff for staying late while we were wrapped up in countless book-related meetings.
Our amazing intern, Whitney Jefferson.
Nick Denton for always gleefully supporting my often half-baked, and in this case deep-fried, side projects.
Will Leitch for thanking me in his book, God Save the Fan, which at some point I will get around to reading—promise!
The amateur food porn community—this book wouldn’t exist without you.
All of our friends who kept our identities secret for so long.
Most of all, I would like to thank my mom and dad for raising me vegetarian. :)
Contributor Index
14-Pie Pie
Ben McLeod, Alex Chan, George Organ, Allan McGregor, John Psegianakis, Joel Roncevich, and Peter Schmidt
100x100 In-N-Out Burger
(Twitter) @whatupwilly
29,559 Calorie Sandwich
Josh Mattson
All-Day-Long Sandwich of Dreams
Rosa, Paul, Tara—Ensaladagranada. blogspot.com
The American Dream
Nick Amosson
BA-K-47
Nicholas Hamon—thisisfreaking ridiculous.com
Bacon Apple Pie
Recipe: Phoebe Owens and Michael Crozier
Photo: Scott Kveton
Bacon Beeritos
Edward Shen and Michael Ybarra, sheniferous (Flickr)
Bacon Burger Dog
Recipe: Texas Burger Guy
Photo: Mark Guppy
Bacon Cake
Jenny Gant and Jennifer Wong
Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger
Photo and copy: Dustin Schirer
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Maggie Fritz-Morkin
Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
Andy Phelan
The Bacone
Recipe: Christian Williams and Melissa Tillman
Copy: Christian Williams
Photo: Scott Kveton
Bacon Explosion Wellington
Thomas Trumble (TPapi on Flickr)
Rob Morton—BaconJew.com
Bacon Mac and Cheese Meatloaf
Kyle Kestell and Jameel Winter—VIVAHATE.com
Bacon Weave Cheese Roll-up
Eric Rosendahl and Daniel Cooper, Esq. (Flickr)
The Beer Barrel Belly Buster
Jvc_scout_mom (Flickr)
Beth’s 12-Egg Omelette
gizmo2z (Flickr)
Breakfast Fatty
Recipe: Thomas Lester
Photo: Robert Kemper and everyone at TheSmokeRing.com forums
Burrito Cake
Cary and Jeremy Hammond
Cadbury Egg Nog
Seth Porges
Candy Sushi
Kim Becker—mommyknows.com
Carnegie Deli Reuben
Ryan
Cheesy French Toast
Helenebear
Chocolate-Covered Bacon
Bill Lambert, Erickson Design
Corn Dog Pizza
Jason Eliaser
The Cornhole
Joe T. and EOB
Country Breakfast Parfait
Marah Anderson and Gus Straub
Country Pancake Wrap
Lawrence Weibman—NYCFoodGuy.com
Cracklin’
Kristen Zeiber
The Deep-Fried Brownie Ball
Sarah Hopp
Deep-Fried Cadbury Crème Egg
Kerryn Findlay
Deep-Fried Coke
Stephen Witherden
Deep-Fried Deviled Egg
Stephanie Bunn, Dispensing Happiness
Deep-Fried Grilled-Cheese Sandwich
Ben Chan (bent0box on Flickr)
Deep-Fried Mars Bar
Christian Cable
Deep-Fried MoonPie
Brian Gregory—cheapblueguitar.com
Deep-Fried MoonPie Burger
Zach Zanassi, Jonathan Iwazaki, Natalie Marrs, Alex Cornelison and Tyler Fitzgerald
Deep-Fried Oreo
Douglas Cheung
Deep-Fried Pop-Tart
melmyfinger (Flickr)
Deep-Fried S’more on a Stick
(Twitter) @emfred
Deep-Fried Twinkie
melmyfinger (Flickr)
Ditch Dogs
Greg Johnson—oatmealcookieguy. com
Donut Cake
Sarah Lyon (Hvyilnr on Flickr)
Elvis Donut
Keith and Corie Rein
Fattie Melt
Bill Binns
The Fat Tuesday
Bryan S. Thompson