Thanks Amy. His introduction tantalized about how each day's documented intake was a prism through which to see changes in his life -- ups and downs in relationships, a death in the family, other milestones -- but when I read through the pages, I just didn't see it . . .
Press Sighting: Washington Post
Today's Washington Post Book World features a review I wrote about a new crop of books on eating and the interplay of food and society, from a tasting tour of the world's "forbidden fruit" and cultural histories of hunger and feasting to the evolution of American foodways and a photographic memoir of one man's mouth.
Follow the link below to read the article:
»Eating . . . When food for the belly becomes food for thought
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Oct 25, 2005 7:39:19 PM
Posted By: Amy Sherman
Congrats. Nice work! I liked reading about several books I hadn't come across yet.
I did review Everything I Ate and interviewed the author. That book has caused me to rethink my earlier belief that blogs that simply post pictures of dinner and descriptions are boring. In fact they are a bit like a mystery novel...