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Calvin Trillin

Food Book Roundup: Two new anthologies of great culinary writing

In a nutshell: Features 48 articles by several celebrity food writers (Calvin Trillin, Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman), a few famous chefs (Dan Barber, Alice Waters, Daniel Patterson), and many talented folks who have written for...

'NY Times' Drops Sports Section Today (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

To use a sports term: It is a twin killing. For regular New York Times readers in the metro area, Monday was a shocker, although long-planned: The end of the Metro section, now folded ingloriously into the end of the A-section....

Murder Ink: A Killer Collection

Monday, August 25, 2008; Page C01 TRUE CRIME An American Anthology Edited by Harold Schechter Library of America. 788 pp. $40 Murder, let's face it, is as American as cherry pie. Admirably edited by Harold Schechter, the...

It's the Love Boat for policy wonks

I'm dancing on the top deck with a 71-year-old feminist and psychotherapist whom I've come to think of as the Twirler. We've spent two days... If you go The Nation cruise The Nation is planning a Caribbean cruise this...

Twelve patties, no cake

A burger safari Can one revive something that is, unlike barbecue, universally American, and steeped in personal nostalgia? HOMETOWN HERO: The King-Kong Burger at Eagle Deli is a winner.I love revivalist barbecue joints, but...

God and Jerk at Yale

The Chronicle Review: My friend Carl, an academic, likes to say that he would never let his kids go to Harvard, Yale, or Princeton because those colleges turn people into jerks. A recent, much-discussed essay in The American...

You Can Go (to) Home Again

Last winter, David Page and Barbara Shinn sold their fifteen-year-old restaurant, Home, to focus on their North Fork winery, Shinn Estate Vineyards. This week, after a four-month renovation, the Cornelia Street pioneer and...

Read Street: Longlist for Man Booker fiction prize announced

Favorite bookstores away from home View Larger Map While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Johnston grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of...

Food and gas pains

Tom Purcell • published July 26, 2008 12:15 am “Life isn’t much fun anymore now that the wife has me doing all kinds of nutty things to economize.” “Ah, yes, you speak of the way Americans are responding to rapidly rising fuel...

Road trips have come a long way

"Staycations" notwithstanding, most Americans still take to the road for their family sojourns. The Golden Age of American Family Vacations, discusses the rite of passage with USA TODAY. Q: How and why did the road trip become...

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