People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.
ADAM RICHMANPeople believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.
ADAM RICHMANI’m Adam Richman. A food fanatic who’s held nearly every job in the restaurant biz.
ADAM RICHMANA kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.
ADAM RICHMANI think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps
ADAM RICHMANPeople also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing.
ADAM RICHMANWhat they’re saying is, “I know who you are. I watch your stuff.” What’s better than that? Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing. What am I being pissy about?
ADAM RICHMANI was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
ADAM RICHMANI sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
ADAM RICHMANI’ll go to a restaurant where I’ve never been before, and someone will say, “I don’t have anything big for you to eat.” I used to be a little salty about that, but at the end of the day
ADAM RICHMANIt’s 24 hours of pretty bright daylight there right now, and I always try to do something nice for my crew every trip or in every other city. So I greeted them with a midnight cruise, but it looked like two in the afternoon.
ADAM RICHMANIn the early ’90s I was floating somewhere between the Brat Pack/Andrew McCarthy/James Spader/Pretty In Pink kind of stuff and the alterna-pop look, crossed with a very distinct grunge sensibility.
ADAM RICHMANI’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
ADAM RICHMANAnd take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
ADAM RICHMANI love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain – I’ve always had a soft spot for this little club.
ADAM RICHMANThe play is called Stalking The Bogeyman. It was a story on This American Life, and my former roommate is the artistic director of the New York Repertory Theater.
ADAM RICHMANI have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.
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