Shrink in the Kitchen

As the inimitable George Clinton put it: “Do fries go with that shake?”

Today, avoiding the blazing controversies over sustainable, humanely raised, organic, and local, farm to table issues that weigh so, so heavily upon all of us, even you, …

[Read more →]

I don’t know about you (how could I, how could anyone), but why did today’s NYT devote half of its front page in the Food section and another half a few pages later on the merits of digging a “bean …

[Read more →]

So I’ve started reading an astonishing novel, quite brilliant, called HhHH: Himmler’s Hirn heisst Heydrich (Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich).
It’s written by Laurent Binet, the original is in French, and it’s a Geoff Dyer-like disquisition on the murder …

[Read more →]

Just as the last of the turkey is eaten and the pies disappear and the stuffing goes and I weigh myself and find that three pounds have appeared since Wednesday, it is only 30 days until the next insane holiday.…

[Read more →]