Take advice from Swayze's character Dalton in Roadhouse and always drink your coffee black. It is best to sip it with your back against a post or bar as you survey the coffee house or your kitchen for potential bar fights.
In honor of Red Dawn -- about the good folks of the Midwest preventing a Russian invasion during the Cold War -- you should enjoy venison, but don't be afraid to eat it rare. Michael Smith has Broken Arrow Ranch Venison in a chorizo and cider gastrique. You can also eat sushi (try Jun's in Prairie Village), which Swayze enjoyed in real life and his surf character Bodhi would have totally scarfed down in Point Break.
If you've got a hankering for some hillbilly, pop by the Jack Gage American Tavern for a Kentucky Hot Brown sandwich. This is the food that a Chicago cop, originally from Appalachia and looking to avenge his brother's murder, might stop to eat along his path of destruction -- a la Swayze's character in Next of Kin.
For dessert, have watermelon -- a nod to one of the most famous lines from Dirty Dancing. You can always pickle your own, meaning you'll have it even when it's out of season.
As you embrace the Swayze Man's Diet, please feel free to tell us what works for you, so we can set up a series of testimonials as persuasive as the Drive-Thru Diet. This diet is guaranteed to transform you into a dance-fighting avenger or we'll give your money back.
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