“Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel’s history, so clearly there’s going to be a correlation.”

This is my ultimate hunger quest. This is Man v. Food.

I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.

I’m Adam Richman. A food fanatic who’s held nearly every job in the restaurant biz.

I’m a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London –

It’s not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is – imagine the cartilage of game meat.

It’s by a brilliant reporter named David Holthouse.

Generally speaking, there’s a difference. Moose nose is just pure cartilage.

To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].

I said “I’ve had pho,” and then he goes, “Oh, what do you get, the number one big bowl?” I was like, “Come on, man

I’ve always been a massive Beastie Boys fan, so if you look at their style aesthetic on Check Your Head, that was the headspace I was in for a minute. Whatever that was, that was me.

If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.

They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.

I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.

A 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.

. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.

Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.

One must also accept that one has ‘uncreative’ moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

You know, as I’ve grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don’t think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.

When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.

I’m of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe.

The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.

What first intrigued me was this desire to understand my family and put it in the context of American history.

He said, “For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they’ve seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that.”