I liked this Serious Eats interview with Adam Richman, the “Man” in “Man vs. Food” on the Travel Channel. They changed up the show this season so that he is coaching locals on eating the insane food items in their hometowns instead of doing it himself. I have no doubt that the job was literally killing him, and this way somebody else only has to eat that way for one segment rather than have him do it week after week. Travel Channel plays the living crap out of this show, so I bet I have seen every single episode multiple times at this point.
One thing I have learned from watching this show and its ilk (such as Guy Fieri’s show) is that New England is sorely lacking in really outrageous local eateries. On the few occasions when those shows have come to this part of the country, they usually end up at some lame-ass diner or fawning all over what inevitably turns out to be a very mediocre sandwich, while it seems like every other region is chock-a-block with to-die-for breakfast haunts, burger palaces, and barbecue temples.
