Theme Essay by Linda Marino
The texture was “spongy,” but it really did go with the feel of the book.
Food
My Book Group Dines with Thomas Hardy
Dec 19, 2011
Freeing a Life at Chinese New Year
Dec 12, 2011
Personal Essay by Li Min Mo
Fog obscured the houses. The scrawny, shaven-head rickshaw man sighed and hummed with the pedaling noise.
A.S. Byatt’s Plums
Dec 05, 2011
Theme Essay by Elizabeth Langosy
Precision or immediacy? How do writers describe the 'real' world?
The Kitchen Conjuror
Nov 28, 2011
Book Review by Lorraine Berry
Anger is the sensation of 'peppercorns in a mortar and pestle, grinding around in a circle until they finally yield and crack.'
Would You Ever Eat a Tongue Taco?
Nov 21, 2011
Theme Essay by Bianca Garcia
One of my friends was disappointed that the chefs didn't cook the pig’s head and trotters.
The Search for Delicious
Nov 18, 2011
Backstory by Jane Ward
Natalie Babbitt’s story has been on my mind all week as I sat by my mother’s bed in the nursing home.
The Bad Cook Blues
Nov 14, 2011
Theme Essay by Lorraine Berry
Did I mention the small kitchen fire I started cooking mac ’n’ cheese?
My Homage to Childhood Thinking
Nov 11, 2011
Image Essay by Carl Warner
I firmly believe that the effort to escape from boredom leads the human mind to all forms of creative thinking.
A Taste of Lechón
Nov 09, 2011
Personal Essay by J.p. Lawrence
The fifteen-year-old American boy is an unrepentant omnivore.
It's My Party, and I'll Eat What I Want To
Nov 07, 2011
Editor's Note by Elizabeth Langosy
Food conjures memories like nothing else.
