New York, This is Why You're Fat

If you didn't already  know, we are right in the middle of New York City's 20th "Restaurant Week," which has been extended to a full 20 days of discounted deliciousness all over the city. How a week lasts 20 days can only be explained by a combination of media hype-fueled excitement and a flashback of last Restaurant Week's food coma. We seem to love nothing more than stuffing ourselves full of three-course prix-fixe menus of things we've never heard of covered in bacony goodness or the too many desserts we would never have ordered if they weren't included. Sometimes just for the chance to eat in a restaurant we couldn't otherwise afford.

From the organizer's website: "Over the past 20 years, NYC Restaurant Week has grown tremendously yet has remained committed to giving visitors and residents the opportunity to experience the quality, variety and hospitality that embody the NYC dining experience." If your mouth is watering now just thinking about all that good stuff you could  be eating, head on over to http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek and get yourself a reservation for lunch ($24.07) or dinner ($35).

If you can't afford to take part in this New York institution, there are tons of recipes out there to make your own creative cooking concoctions at home and on the cheap. Another entry in the "This is Why You're Fat" archive is this Sweet and Spicy Nutella-Coated Bacon recipe we found referenced on the best named blog on the planet, Mr. Baconpants, seen in the photo above. Mr. Baconpants, below.