Does Obesity = Hunger
Hunger related problems now occurring in one of the nation’s capitals of obesity, South Bronx, from Sunday’s NYTimes. Expect more to come if the cheapest food remains the most harmful food available. ()
Cheever Bio Wins NBCC Award
Congrats to my dear friend Blake Bailey, whose
bio of John Cheever, won best bio of 2009 from the National Book Critics Circle on Thursday.
I mentioned this bio when it came out. It’s fabulous, highly recommended. Blake also wrote a bio of Richard Yates, which is every bit as good, if not better. I have no doubt his Charles Jackson bio (
which he talks about on the WSJ blog) will be the same, even if
Jackson is all but forgotten. ()
Michael Symon and I At Jo-Beth Legacy Thurs at 7
Michael Symon and I will be at
Joseph-Beth Booksellers at Legacy Thursday from 7 to 9. He no-doubt wants help flogging
that damned book of his. I’ll be out front selling out of my van. If it’s good enough for Bourdain, it’s good enough for me. ()
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You should totally be the judge and keep in mind that I used PINK SALT. Did Meg? I bet she didn’t. I bet she doesn’t even know what pink salt is, that chump. She’s so going down.
those are mighty strong words adam. and as you know, meg is no slouch. did you know that that very red vein in your torchon slice may have been especially noticeable not because you failed to remove it, but because of the pink salt, which binds the oxygen to the myoglobin and thus keeps it vivid red? this by no means is meant to undercut your formidable efforts. I do know that meg is feircely competitive, so i’m simply trusting that you know what you’re doing.
Michael, if you can’t get back to NYC soon, I live here, and have roots on both sides of the East River. So . . . can I be impartial, fair, unseduced by pink salt and totally unprejudiced as to whether the foie comes from east of the Williamsburg Bridge? And THOROUGH? Oh, yes . . .! Foie? I’m SO available!