Timothy Olyphantastic spoke with Bon Appetit to promote the last season of Justified. This is an unusual approach. I’ve been looking forward to talk show apperances. Maybe Tim’s saving himself for later, which is just as well. The show has become a hate watch for me (ever since the Drew Thompson mystery). People are raving about the new “Choo Choo” character, but it’s not that funny. I turn into the biggest bitch when this show comes on because it used to be stellar. I still dig Olyphant though. If the show only featured him standing around in jeans and bantering with Walton Goggins, I’d be so much happier.

Anyway. This interview is hilarious and may give you the munchies. Bon Appetit published a photo of Tim praying over some fried chicken. He talks all about his favorite peanut M&M’s, honey-topped ice cream, and how it’s a sin to Instagram at the table. Here are Tim’s thoughts on coffee, rice cookers, fresh pepper, and overpriced omelets:

His morning routine: “Coffee/espresso/cappuccino is a big part of it. I enjoy it, and if I don’t hand my wife 
a coffee by a certain point, I won’t live to 
see the rest of the day, so it’s important in 
that respect. I’m the barista at the house. I’ve taken a 
milk-art class; I can put a heart on top of the cappuccino. I’m very proud of that.”

His big cooking tip: “A rice cooker has changed my life. The overnight-oatmeal deal is a big win at the Olyphant house. That’s been a big part of the pleasure of the morning — coming downstairs after the oatmeal’s been slow-cooking all night, with bananas and whatever else you want thrown in. For all you oatmeal lovers out there, it’s the greatest thing in the world. [Instant oatmeal] is no way to live your life, young man.”

Is he a manly eater? “I like to think that I eat like man and cry like a little baby. There’s a quiche joke in here somewhere.”

Shh, don’t tell: “I’ll admit a little something: If I go to one of those hotels where there’s like a $50 omelet, I’m taking the silverware home with me. I’m not saying it’s right. I just feel like it’s an unspoken agreement where the mug and the silverware are just part of the deal.”

Pepper & Parmesan: “If you’re at a restaurant and someone asks, ‘Fresh pepper?,’ the answer is yes. When people shake off the fresh pepper, they clearly have no interest in living a full life. Same thing goes for grated Parmesan. Why would you turn that down?”

[From Bon Appetit]

There’s more stuff too. He talks about whiskey and how his three kids get frustrated that Dad eats all the ice cream. Make no mistake, Timothy Olyphant loves food. He eats everything, all the time. It’s hard to believe how he stays so thin, and his foodie habits haven’t caught up with him by age 46. But he was a competitive swimmer in college, and he plays tennis now. I’m including some photos of him at a celebrity tennis tournament last year. That headband.

Photos courtesy of WENN