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Despite what the title may imply, Food Network's "Ginormous Food" isn't about enormous meals and gluttony. True, in each episode of the Friday series, there are things like a 14-pound bagel, a 30-pound stack of pancakes and a 17-pound chicken gyro. But those, host Josh Denny explains, are typically made for parties to be divided into individual portions, and a lot of thought and craft goes into them. "These chefs put a lot of time into conceptualizing these dishes," Denny says, "so it wasn't just 30 pounds of pancakes. It was 30 pounds of delicious pancakes. And the process is so long. ... Just to make one of those pancakes, I mean, you have to wait for roasted baby pumpkins, you know there's a ton of seasonings that go in and it's a labor of love and they put a lot of time into making sure these aren't just impressive in terms of the size but there's a lot of flavor going on in it, too." In each of the six episodes, Denny goes around the country to various cities and eateries to check out these outsized dishes, see how they're made and meet the people who make them. In last week's premiere episode, Denny went to Louisville, Ky., to try the roast beef sandwich on a 12-inch roll; other locales include Baltimore (the aforementioned stack of flapjacks), Nashville, Tenn. (the gyro), Cincinnati and Richmond, Va. In the installment airing Friday, Jan. 13, Denny is in his hometown of Philadelphia to showcase an oversized version of what he says is the city's signature sandwich, which is not what you would think it is. "For me growing up, my favorite Philly thing was always the roast pork," he says, "so I was really psyched when we went to Jake's Sandwich Board and we did a roast pork sandwich instead of a cheesesteak because that's really as much of a traditional Philadelphia thing; it's just less publicized nationally. So when a lot of people go to Philly (and) they go 'I want a cheesesteak,' that's how you know they're probably a tourist. Whereas (if ) somebody comes to Philly and goes, 'Take me to the best roast pork place,' that's probably somebody who grew up in the area." Josh Denny BY GEORGE DICKIE There is quantity and quality to be found in Food Network's 'Ginormous Food' What book are you currently reading? "I'm reading a book called, 'So I Heard You Paint Houses.' It's about what is supposedly the true story of how Jimmy Hoffa was murdered." What did you have for dinner last night? "Last night, I had leftover wraps from this place called Bite Me Café in Burbank (Calif.). ... It was a chicken pesto wrap, which was really, really good." What is your next project? "Before we started working on 'Ginormous Food,' I was working on a stand-up special. I've released a couple of albums so far and was getting ready to do a third and then when we started working on 'Ginormous' about a year ago, I kind of put that on the back burner, no pun intended." When was your last vacation, where and why? "I'd have to say the last place we went was Vegas. My girlfriend and I went on a business/ fun trip ... we just ended up hitting like five restaurants over two days (laughs) and just gorged ourselves. So we went to Carnevino, Mario Batali's restaurant out there; we went to Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak. It was sort of like a progressive meal of like, 'Let's see which one of these celebrity chefs is really the best.' (laughs) They had no idea they were competing against each other for our affection but they were." Page 8 January 9 - 15, 2017 7:00 p.m. GOLF Sony Open in Hawaii, First Round. (N) FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. GOLF Diamond Resorts Invitational, Day 1. (N) 3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Latin America Amateur Cham- pionship, Second Round. 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