http://famousfatdave.com/blog The Eating Adventures of a Checker Cabbie Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:26:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let's talk about beef.  Pastrami to be specific. Doesn't that look delicious?  Doesn't that look ridiculously, mouth-wateringly, delicious?  You'd think I was showing you a picture from some great New York deli.  Or, I suppose, I'd think that. But this isn't that.  This?!?  This isn't even American.  It's smoked meat.  It's viande ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2009/09/25/cest-si-bon/ Soul food in the South South Boogie Down Bronx with Tony Bourdain and Sweetness?  I'm in.  Watch the "Outer Boroughs" episode Monday night, September 7, Labor Day, at 10pm on the Travel Channel. And if you can't catch it on tv, check out a "Missing Scene" of Tony and me heading ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2009/09/03/watch-anthony-bourdain-no-reservations-again/ Wanna torture yourself and watch a Best of Brooklyn eating tour on the wheels of steel?  Click here!  And you can also click here for an interactive map our our journey. Then go to www.FamousFatDave.com to schedule your own tour and actually fill your belly instead of just making yourself ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2009/07/30/the-guardian/ If you are fan of Eric BADLAAAAAAANDS Booker or Run DMC (or both) you will enjoy this 49 second video: Famous Fat Dave and Badlands Rap Let me just say this: it was the single greatest moment of my career. http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2009/03/22/the-funniest-things-show-up-on-youtube/ We drank that whole boot of beer by the end of the shoot.  So I really have no recollection of what transpired at Hiedleberg's Restaurant in Yorkville.  I know Tony convinced me to eat head cheese for the first time in my life and I loved it.  And I know ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2009/02/23/watch-anthony-bourdain-no-reservations-tonight-at-10pm-on-travel-channel/ Come by the Happy Endings Lounge on the Lower East Side this Thursday July 24th at 8 to hear me and my old friend Melissa Plaut of New York Hack speak non-motivationally. The lecture series, hosted by Adam Rosen of Gelf Magazine, focuses on a different topic every month. ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2008/07/22/non-motivational-speaker-series/ Famous Fat Dave Video: Nathan's Famous 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Competition Vs Eric Badlands Booker Let me give you some advice. If you ever do a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating competition, don't do it for the FIRST time AT the original Nathan's in Coney Island, ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2008/07/03/best-day-ever/ BBQ season is in full swing. I've been eating way more meat lately than nature ever intended. So to put you in the mood for the main event - The Fouth Of July - take a look at yet another HistoryChannel.Com webisode: Famous Fat Dave Video: Dinosaur BBQ People ... http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2008/06/12/barbacoa/