Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

Hilarious.
I just happen to be eating a McD's Cheeseburger right now! I missed lunch and had the hubby bring me one, well actually two, to work.
Tastes pretty good when you're really hungry!

MY FATHER!!!! Holy Moly is that man COMPLETELY 100% obsessed with ALL THINGS FOOD!!!!!!!!!! The second I wake up in the morning when I am home he asks me what I want to eat for dinner... Whenever we don't have anything to talk about he talks to me about food... When he calls me when I am away he always asks me what I am having for dinner... He is not afraid to spend WADS AND WADS of $$ going out to restaurants or Whole Foods... He is where I get my food obsessions from - I guess I can thank him and get angry with him... ha ha!

Also when I was in Thailand I was the only one to eat from street carts, new produce, hole in the wall restaurants, or things considered disgusting. And boy did it pay off--Durian Chips are some of the best chips in the world.

my 5'5", 95 lb cousin. if you look into her balenciaga bag, she'll probably have a dozen bagel or a box of entenmanns chocolate chip cookies in there for her snack. when we were younger, we'd go to the movies and she would eat 2 large tubs of popcorn after getting fried chicken from roy rogers for dinner. she's in her 40's now so i think she's slowed down a bit but she basically eats all day and i've never known her to weigh more than 100lbs.

Quote from Henryfan above: "I think that a serious eater should be someone who has a discerning palate, knowledge of flavors and ingredients, and to be genuinely curious in all things food related. A glutton is someone who eats too much per seating."

Nicely put. I also think a serious eater is someone who is willing to go out of their way to try something that sounds interesting, good and/or different, without whining before or after the experience about whether it was worth the trip. If you dig eating, it's always worth the trip.
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Serious eater in terms of quantity...that'd probably be me in my group. I once ate the equivalent of 4 pizzas plus an entire dessert pizza at like a $6 pizza buffet. It was a bad idea...I was thirsty for days. And several times in college, I've finished eating contests by eating more than the rest of the competition combined. Yes, I ate more than 50% of the food consumed at an eating contest.

However, I usually refrain from the massive inhaling of food these days. Unlike TheKitchenette's brother, I've gone more from quantity to quality.

@SueZee--Jeez, that's like feeding Michael Phelps--WHILE he is still growing!

my boyfriend. we have both worked in restaurants for several years and he works at one of the best in town (thought so before we were together...). when we go out we always just ask the server/kitchen to bring whatever they would want or whatever is the best. since we know many chefs here they usually treat us well. but we also like to go to food carts and eat the things that other people squirm at. i've definitely expanded my palate since being with him.

I just emailed this to Stan Berman of Stan's Donuts.  He will get a big kick
of it. 

wow, best description ever.

Really enjoyed reading this - sounds like a fantastic trek through a lot of really good food. Thanks

As a native socal resident, loved your reviews. We do have serious great eats here, despite some easterners comments to the contrary. My thought about the Dodger Dogs: it is part of the Dodger game experience - I personally would not eat one anywhere but at Dodger Stadium, but NEED one when I'm at a Dodger game. Go figure.