Food: A Love Story

By: Jim Gaffigan

Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan

Comedian Jim Gaffigan reveals his most intimate food memories, opinions, and fantasies that will keep you laughing all the way to the refrigerator.

“What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here’s why: I’m a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I’d highly recommend that you do not read his book.”

Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet (“choking on bacon is like getting murdered by your lover”) and decrying the worst offenders (“kale is the early morning of foods”).

Fans flocked to his New York Times best-selling book Dad is Fat to hear him riff on fatherhood but now, in his second book, he will give them what they really crave—hundreds of pages of his thoughts on all things culinary(ish). Insights such as: why he believes coconut water was invented to get people to stop drinking coconut water, why pretzel bread is #3 on his most important inventions of humankind (behind the wheel and the computer), and the answer to the age-old question “which animal is more delicious: the pig, the cow, or the bacon cheeseburger?”

©2014 Jim Gaffigan (P)2014 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“A highly entertaining and opinionated rumination on food.”—Esquire

“Hilarious.”—Food & Wine

“Gaffigan is delightful company, and he has a gift for comedy that is both clever and friendly. This book is a great use of his talents, and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish—as long as it doesn’t make you too hungry along the way.”—Splitsider

Great, now I’m hungry...

Fortunately I’ve just been given several excellent choices of meals and places to acquire them!

hilarious!

Gaffigan is made for audiobook! great for laughs on a long road trip. It's basically his stand-up

I get he's Lazy but come on Jim!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I'm a HUGE Jim Gaffigan fan. I've seen all of his televised comedy specials, along with my husband and two sons, and we've died laughing for each one. Unfortunately that's what makes my review of his book so poor. It's his past comedy routines written in a book. There is little to no originality which made this book flop big time for this household of fans. The one thing that would have given his book a 4 to 5 star rating for me would have been original content, so that true fans could get a new, fresh look into his love story of food.

What could Jim Gaffigan have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Narration was great, just the material needed to be updated.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Jim Gaffigan?

Only Jim can be Jim.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Food: A Love Story?

Any that contained jokes that he's done on stage for televised comedy specials.

Hilarity from start to finish

This book is not only funny but offers some great insight into American existence and the food culture we live by and *gulp* die by. Plus the voice actor is not bad, but he's no Jim Gaffigan, that's for sure.

Making me smile in Rush Hour

JG is a fantastic narrator for his own book! I found myself smiling in a sea of crabby people during the rush hour commute (crawl). An awesome comedic escape in a not-so-comedic situation. Jim is my official driving buddy (don’t worry Jeannie knows)

Delightful.

Enjoyed his "mini plays", ridiculous hypothetical scenarios and character voices throughout the book. A great way to spend my commute.

Great on the drive

Loved listening to this book as I drove to work. I'm sure people wondered what on earth I was laughing so hard at alone in my car, but it made the time fly by. Jim is so funny and not crude. His humor for everyday life situations is delightful. Hearing him read this book makes it even better.

Funny

Every day Seinfeld esque observation aboot food which produce gut wrenching and hilarious laughter.. Found myself tearing up while next to my Genny (her name is Neely) as we drove on road trips and enjoying laughter together.. That's the goal right?

Good Fan

I enjoy Jim Gaffigan's books and this is one is no exception. When listening you can almost imagine yourself sitting at dinner with him and his family, listening to him recount all of these food adventures.

Hilarious

Jim Gaffigan has such smart and relatable humor. If you have never heard him, you are in for a treat (and probably live under a rock) and if you have, you will love it. My only issue with this book is his stance on McDonald's vs. Burger King. Find out for yourself!