Plot

While out on a camping trip, Mung and Shnitzel (mostly the former) mistakenly believe that Chowder ate all the food meant for their trip -- in reality, the culprit was a mysterious creature known as "Big Food" who (of the trio) only Chowder believes in. Chowder leaves Mung and Shnitzel to prove his innocence, and he eventually stumbles upon Big Food's cave.

It turns out that Big Food's a washed-up actress who has long since faded into obscurity (which could explain why hardly anyone currently believes that she's real). Now living as a recluse and watching her old movies (which appear to be from the show's equivalent of Hollywood's Golden Age) in an attempt to relive her glory days, occasionally stealing food from campers (such as Chowder, Mung and Shnitzel) in order to get by. Big Food eventually notices Chowder and soon starts making demands of him, mistaking him for her old assistant/co-star/butler, Flax (making it rather clear that Big Food isn't mentally stable).

When Chowder asks Big Food to come back to the campsite he's sharing with Mung and Shnitzel, she misinterprets this as her making a comeback as an actress. After order some fresh food from Dine-1-1 and using that give Big Food a makeover, the duo eventually gets into Big Food's car to get her back to Chowder's campsite. But when Chowder crashes the car, Big Food loses hope about making a comeback. Chowder soon starts serenading her, which helps the old actress feel better -- but when Big Food asks Chowder (still mistaking him for Flax) to recreate a scene from one of her old movies, Chowder accidentally swallows her whole (since Big Food is still technically made of food).

Chowder eventually makes it back to his campsite and Mung and Shnitzel are glad to see that he's okay. Chowder's ultimately able to prove to them that Big Food is in fact real, because it turns out that she's somehow still alive while in Chowder's stomach (which Mung and Shnitzel are able to see). Big Food's very happy down there too, as she's been reunited with all of her "old friends" from her days as an actress.

Mung and Shntizel are (understandably) surprised to see that Big Food's real -- while Chowder walks off, happy to have been proven right, Mung and Shnitzel then start wondering what else Chowder could've been right about if he was right about Big Food being real. The episode ultimately ends with a view of an alien werewolf businessman living in a hotdog-house on the moon.

Characters

• Chowder
• Mung Daal
• Schnitzel
• Big Food
• Mr. Giant Realistic Human Nose
• Moon Werewolf
• Truffles (credits only)
• Panini (credits only)

Trivia

• During the episode, Chowder breaks out into a song entitled "What a Wonderful Food," which parodies Louis Armstrong's recording of "What a Wonderful World" in both lyric choice and delivery.
• It is revealed that Chowder believes in tabloids that prove accurate at the end.
• Big Food, the character, is a parody of Old Hollywood like references to Marilyn Monroe with Some Like It 350 Degrees, a parody of Some Like It Hot as well as the film Sunset Boulevard, which is about an aging former famous aging actress wanting to make her comeback. Facial expressions such as the eyebrows are even at times like the arched eyebrows of Gloria Swanson in the film.

v • e List of episodes
Season 1	The Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkin • Chowder's Girlfriend • Burple Nurples • Shnitzel Makes a Deposit • Grubble Gum • The Cinnamini Monster • Certifrycation Class • The Sing Beans • The Wrong Address • The Wrong Customer • Mahjongg Night • Stinky Love • The Thrice Cream Man • The Flibber Flabber Diet • Gazpacho Stands Up • A Taste of Marzipan • The Puckerberry Overlords • The Elemelons • At Your Service • Chowder and Mr. Fugu • The Vacation • The Sleep Eater • Sniffleball • Mung on the Rocks • The Heavy Sleeper • The Moldy Touch • The Bruised Bluenana • Shnitzel and the Lead Farfel • The Thousand Pound Cake • The Rat Sandwich • Chowder Loses His Hat • Brain Grub • Shnitzel Quits • The Broken Part • The Meach Harvest • Banned from the Stand • Créme Puff Hands • The Apprentice Games
Season 2	The Arborians • The Garage Sale • Panini for President • Chowder's Babysitter • The Fire Breather • The Flying Flinger Lingons • Hey, Hey It's Knishmas! • Chowder's Catering Company • The Catch Phrase • The Hot Date • Shopping Spree • The Party Cruise • Won Ton Bombs • The Big Hat Biddies • The Deadly Maze • Kid Shnitzel • Gazpacho Fights Back • The BLT's • The Trouble with Truffles • The Dinner Theater • Big Ball • The Brain Freeze • The Snail Car • The Lollistops • Endive's Dirty Secret • Big Food • Paint the Town • The Blackout • The Dice Cycle • The Chain Recipe • The Garden • Sheboodles • Gazpacho Moves In • My Big Fat Stinky Wedding • Apprentice Appreciation Day • The Grape Worm • A Faire to Remember • Tofu Town Showdown
Season 3	Hands on a Big Mixer • The Blast Raz • The Spookiest House in Marzipan • The Poultry Geist • The Apprentice Scouts • The Belgian Waffle Slobber-Barker • A Little Bit of Pizzazz! • The Birthday Suits • The Heist • The Prank • Old Man Thyme • Chowder's Magazine • Weekend at Shnitzel's • Taste Buds • Gazpacho! • The Toots • Chowder Grows Up