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"Each day the United States throws away
enough trash to fill 63,000 garbage trucks."
—The Cass County Solid Waste Management District

It all began on July 16, 2007, when one man decided he'd had enough. "You can't walk down a single street in New York City without the sight and smell of trash, rubbish, yesterday's news, and last night's garbage," he may have said to himself. "Everyone tosses things away: the fashionable, the leisure class, the chronically thirsty. What we need is the documentarist, a troubadour, perhaps, who can help us regard what we waste and reconsider what we discard in a whole new light. We will never look at last night's garbage in the same way."

He's not that fat. And, outside of the New York metro area, he's not that famous, either. But extreme obesity and celebrity could be achieved at any moment. Famous Fat Dave, the self-described "pickle man / cheesemonger / hot dog vendor / bread truck driver / food writer / licensed tour guide (and) cabbie," began piloting a taxi in 2001. He took to blogging in 2006. But he was born a voracious eater and raconteur. If you're lucky, you'll flag down his cab in Manhattan and find yourself quickly equipped with tips on the best all-you-can-eat Indian in Long Island City or the chewiest bagels on the Upper West Side. But those who live far from the five boroughs can still nosh from the delectable layout and vivacious writing on Dave's site. So go ahead, chow down on the fried chicken, tuck in to the cannoli, and dive in to the pickles. Reading this stuff is almost as delicious as downing it yourself.