Bad Habits with Food

One might think after reading this post that I'm only writing about junk food and how much of a glutton I am. Don't worry, if you didn't notice the photo on the top of the page, cooked by Jean-Georges Vongerichten (if you don't know this celebrity chef, you should look him up); I've only recently created this blog and I'll talk about my experiences with fancier food eventually. However, I'm going to talk about me and my cousins.

Speaking as the one only child in my family, I often say things about my cousins (who are very dear family members to me) that they may not want to read on this webpage. One of these things being that they often act like they've never seen food before and have no taste for anything as they scarf down what ever is on their plate and the plate next to them. I can't say that I'm perfect either, though when the food isn't exactly the most rich, it'll take a little while to make me get full, which can happen with pizza often. I thought about this while I was eating pizza just now at home.

Which brings me into my own story with pizza, my cousin Patrick, and I. Years ago, my family started a tradition that we all go to a Broadway show over the Christmas break. However, afterwards everyone has to eat, so the first time that we went, we decided to go to John's Pizza on 42nd street which also became a tradition. John's does have good thin crust pizza and sometimes, even without realizing it, Patrick and I can get very competitive. Both of us sat down at our table right next to each other and thankfully, there was a good amount of food ordered, because we began to eat, and eat, and eat.

Even though he's bigger than I am, I'm quite the seasoned eater (pun intended...) and I managed to win at what became a ravenous competition. The bad thing was: we weren't counting slices... It ended up being that we were counting pies. I came out victorious with 3 pies to 2 pies. I learned not to do that after the first time since I couldn't move a muscle that entire night and needed to get my exercise to keep off the weight.

*Note, I wouldn't have been eating it if it didn't taste good, I highly recommend John's (one on 42nd and one on Bleeker Street in the Village).