"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi is currently doing an Ask Me Anything session on reddit.com to promote the release of his book, Stay Hungry. Some of the chapter titles include Dale Boone, Wing Bowl an Kobayashi. In the session Pete said he will do a video with Matt Stonie in the near future.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi will do an Ask Me Anything interview session on reddit.com on Monday at noon eastern to promote the launch of his book Stay Hungry.
“Furious” Pete announces Stay Hungry book
“Furious” Pete Czerwinksi announces Stay Hungry, a book that will be available on November 30 with the following description:
Stay Hungry follows Furious Pete on his journey from extreme childhood anorexia to a successful career as a competitive eater and YouTube celebrity. You’ll get a first hand look at the gluttony, manipulation, and hilarious antics of the competitive eating world. And, hopefully, you’ll learn a few life lessons along the way
I think Pete is the third competitive eater to have written a book after Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Indonesian Mariska Tracy.
The Daily Herald has an article about Guinness world records held by Chicagoland residents with a section about Pat Bertoletti's eating records.
Omaha.com reports that Molly Schuyler eating the 72 ounce steak at Sayler's in Portland in 2:44 appears in the latest edition of Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Mariska Tracy met with Takeru Kobayashi in Jakarta and gave him Happy Tummy, a book she wrote about Indonesian competitive eating.
NJ.com catches up with Bill "El WIngador" Simmons, who is attempting to rebuild his life after being released from prison about a month ago. The five time Wing Bowl winner He served two years of a seven year sentence for cocaine distribution and will be on parole until September 2018. He hopes to write a book about his experience.
Tim Janus contributes his wing eating tips to Eat More Better, a new book by Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast.
According to a review by Paste Magazine, Andrew Lewis Conn’s new novel, O, Africa opens with Babe Ruth competing a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in 1927.
The Guardian has an excerpt from Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics with a section about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan's hot dog record. There is also a section about the requirement in Van Halen's contract for a bowl of M&Ms with no brown candies.
Kobayashi segment on CBS’ Sunday Morning
The authors of Freakonomics appeared on CBS’ Sunday Morning earlier this week to promote their new book, Think Like a Freak. A segment about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan’s record appeared in the video (starting around 3:50) (via Free Kobayashi)
Waterstones has a display of the UK edition, which has hot dogs on the cover in reference to the Kobayashi material.
Joey Chestnut and Carson "Collard Green" Hughes (RIP) appear in a book titled What the World Eats containing photographs of the daily food consumption of 80 people from around the world.
Colombian author Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez passed away yesterday at the age of 87. His novel 100 Years of Solitude, has an eating contest won by a woman nicknamed "The Elephant". (via The Daily Meal)
Takeru Kobayashi is featured in the third chapter of Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics due out May 13. The cover of the UK edition alludes to this chapter. (via Takeru Kobayashi)
Former MLE employee Ryan Nerz, author of Eat This Book and MarijuanAmerica, has been named chief cannabis correspondent for Fusion and will host "The Cannabusiness Report" on the new cable channel owned by ABC and Univision. (Ryan Nerz and Jason Fagone continue to share a topic despite moving on from competitive eating; the author of Horsemen of the Esophagus has written articles about marijuana for Grantland.com and The New Republic.)
Epic Meal Time has published a cookbook. The total calories for all the recipes exceeds 1 million.
"Furious" Pete has posted a video of a Q & A session he conducted while eating 200 wings. He says he plans to write a book and start accepting donations to fund future episodes of his world tour video series.
Anne Panning has a blog entry about her plans for a novel featuring a female competitive eater as a protagonist.
Jason Fagone on writing “Horseman of the Esophagus”
Jason Fagone has a blog entry for Nieman Storyboard about the writing process for Horsemen of the Esophagus where he describes the transition to his second book (which would wind up being Ingenious)
But sales were poor. I think many readers were disgusted by the subject matter: It took a leap of faith to imagine that you could enjoy a book about professional overeaters.
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I told myself my second book would be different. I didn’t have an idea yet, but I wanted to try again. In 2008, I called a friend, a magazine writer and bestselling author in New York, and asked him how I should proceed. “I think it’s simple,†he said. “It’s about the topic. Pick a topic that people already like.†In other words: Don’t waste time trying to make people care about something they don’t already care about.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons announced an intention to write a tell-all autobiography after he gets released from prison. The new poll asks who (for people active 2005 and earlier) do you think could write the most interesting autobiography.
Juris Shabayama’s Tesla Model S catches on fire
TeslaMotors.com has an account from Juris Shibayama on how his Model S caught on fire after he ran over a detached trailer hitch on an interstate highway. He says he believes that the Model S is a safe vehicle and would purchase another one. (via Silicon Beat)
In another competitive eating / high mileage car crossover, Horseman of the Esophagus author’s Jason Fagone second book Ingenious was released earlier this month. Ingenious describes the quest to produce an automobile that can exceed 100 miles per gallon.
Philly.com has an interview with Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, who says he hopes to enter the Intensive Supervision Program which would truncate his seven year sentence for trafficking drugs to less than 12 months. When he is out of prison, he hopes to compete against Jamie McDonald in a future Wing Bowl and write a tell-all book. update The article made the cover of The Daily News.
Ryan Potter, authoer of the competitive eating e-book, The Cleaner, has a paper edition of his novel available.
The latest podcast of Indiana Public Media's Earth Eats has an interview with former IFOCE MC Ryan Nerz (starts at 10 minute mark), who cites "elements of unhealthfulness" as a reason he left that job. The interview makes no mention of Marijuanamerica, Nerz' latest book.
Erik Denmark is interviewed in Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, a new book by Mary Roach. Other people mentioned in the competitive eating section of the book include Tim Janus, Takeru Kobayashi and Ben Monson.
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