Photo by NYMag.com

NYMag.com recently did a report on the 100 Layer Lasagna that was created by Chef Mark Ladner at Del Posto, which is owned by Mario Batali (shocker).

"It’s really, really simple,” says Mark Ladner about his hundred-layer lasagne. Yes, that’s 100 layers: 50 practically transparent sheets of handmade pasta, alternating with 50 layers of sauce (Bolognese, besciamella, and marinara). Each 80-portion pan has to go into the oven by 1:30 P.M. every day. Otherwise, it doesn’t have enough time to cool and coalesce by dinner and completely collapses when you try to slice it. It takes three kitchen stations and many hands to put it together. Skewers hold it in place while it sets. You need a special spatuala to serve it. Maybe “simple” isn’t the word.

Portions of the structure are available on certain tasting menus, with the cheapest one running you about $125. If you ask for it a la carte, it will supposedly run you only about $30.

For those of you who are completely out of your mind and think this is not one of the more delicious looking creations in the entire world, Tom Colicchio begs to differ. Now that I think of it, so does Garfield.

John Moors is single-handedly raising national obesity levels and documenting it on his blog at EpicPortions.com. Say hello by e-mail at john@epicportions.com or follow him on Twitter @EpicPortions