November 5, 2013
During my recent trip to Spain’s Basque Country, I served as a judge for the 40th annual Idiazabal cheese contest in the small town of Ordizia, […]
August 6, 2013
I recently joined a smart culinary website called Zester Daily as one of their contributors, which means I’ll be writing for them on a regular basis. […]
April 9, 2013
A decade ago, shortly after I started working at Gourmet (RIP), I attended a food-writing panel that included one of our senior editors. The moderator introduced my colleague […]
February 24, 2013
The best literature is capable of taking ugliness and spinning it into something beautiful. By that I don’t mean that it sugarcoats the bad or conceals […]
January 27, 2013
It is official! I am thrilled to announce that Lisa Gallagher, of the storied Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, is now my literary agent. Not only is […]
September 11, 2012
In honor of 9/11, I am posting links to two related blog entries that I wrote last year. On this somber anniversary, with its sunny skies and […]
August 17, 2012
Most books are appreciated purely because of their content, but in the case of Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman, not only did I enjoy […]
February 14, 2012
If you have any interest in twentieth-century history, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Erik Larson’s latest book, In the Garden of […]
February 11, 2012
Nobody likes a bully—be it a teenager who’s regularly beating up on a fellow student or a multinational giant whose behavior jeopardizes the well-being of small businesses […]
January 17, 2012
Last June, when I attended the annual BEA publishing conference at the Javits center, I picked up an advance copy of Naomi Benaron’s extraordinary new novel, […]