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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10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Cooking
Tomorrow, and every Monday, at least, I’ll post a new “element” from the book—but until then, consider how chef-author-blogger David Lebovitz believes everyone can easily improve their cooking: 10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Cooking. Good recs all, though I disagree with a few of the items being in the top ten category; they are the kind of disagreements that would no doubt lead to great and heated discussion. Among the many suggestions he has I was thrilled to see were to use more shallots. Yes! THE most underused onion in the home cook's kitchen (bountiful in the professional kitchen), and the most important one. And thank you David for you comments in that post on my book.