This Is Why You're Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks

by Jessica Amason and Richard Blakeley

Food was once the providence of celebrated chefs and critical connoisseurs. Cooking shows featured all gourmet creations and web sites displayed artfully photographed delights. Then something changed. Perhaps it was the desensitizing of web culture or perhaps it was a cry for help from the food-loving public. But by God - there came a day when fancy vegetable towers came crashing down and $50 mushrooms were no longer acceptable. Amason and Blakley...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061936634
• ISBN13: 9780061936630
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

How fun and how gross

This is such a fun book for holiday gift giving. I showed it to some friends and they are planning a whole party using some of the recipes. It should be an interesting time for all attending. Tums will be served for dessert.

bon appetit!

This book is a MUST for any weight-watchers on your shopping list. It's guaranteed to make them lose their appetites. They'll thank you for it! Fascinating recipes, it's a tribute to the human imagination. Once you start looking, you can't put it down.

I Love love love this book!

This is the perfect gift for the holiday! It is disgusting but fabulous at the same time. Love all the different disgusting food. Who knew you could eat stuff like this. It was hard to put down cover to cover. Genius!

Hysterical gift!!

Great gift for the holidays! Good stocking stuffer. Unbelievable that people actually make this stuff and even more unbelievable that people eat it. Disgusting but funny!! Great photos of all the concoctions. Yuk! but loved reading it.

Review from The Neverending Shelf

This is Why You're Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks is the most disgustingly refreshing novel that I have ever read. The short novel is packed with pages of mouth watering recipes and pictures of items such as Grilled Cheesecake Sandwich and my personal favorite, Deep-Fried Moonpie Burger. While there is not much commentary on the items featured, the tongue-in-cheek novel kept me entertained for hours. This is a book I would definitely recommend if you are in need of a good laugh, even if it is at our own society's expense.