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Powell’s reprinted my latest Bookslut essay on The Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith Jones. Go take a look and maybe even buy something from them. I highly recommend the Indispensibles program — like getting a surprise present every six weeks.
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Thanks in part to articles like this one from Jessa of Bookslut fame, The Second Sex, the Second Time, I’ve been keeping my eye open for the promised new translation to come out. If you want the short history of the translation issues, Maitresse has a good summary — apparently Knopf is publishing it...
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My latest essay at Bookslut is up: On Eating Alone. Go take a look if you’ve got a minute!
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My new column is up at Bookslut: It wouldn’t be Christmas without a pile of big and fancy cookbooks just waiting to be wrapped in pretty paper and hidden under the tree. Cookbooks are one of my very favorite gifts — especially for the way they encourage people to invite one over for dinner....
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Writers and typewriters: Barnes, Lively, Holroyd and Moggach | Books | The Guardian. My favorite quote: Michael Holroyd I kept my typewriter after getting a laptop. My first draft was written with a pen, the second on my old friend the typwriter, and finally I used the computer. But something then went wrong. I...
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No Country for Old Typewriters – A Well-Used One Heads to Auction – NYTimes.com. Christie’s, which plans to auction the machine on Friday, estimated that it would fetch between $15,000 and $20,000. Mr. McCarthy wrote an authentication letter — typed on the Olivetti, of course — that states: “It has never been serviced or...
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Adam Gopnik’s essay on the nature of cookbooks caught my eye in this week’s New Yorker. He covers a range of topics, but the division between cookbooks which are essentially grammatical (Ratio, How to Cook Everything) and cookbooks which are encyclopedic (Mastering the Art of French Cooking) is one that is dear to my...
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Cormac McCarthy, who is famously reticent was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal last week. It’s a terrific interview. Here’s one of my favorite parts: “WSJ: What does your brother Dennis do? Is he a scientist? CM: He is. He has a doctorate in biology and he’s also a lawyer and a thoughtful guy...
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My new Cookbook Slut column is up at Bookslut: So the recession hit home here at Cookbook Slut in late July when I was relieved of the corporate job I’ve held for the past ten years. While it wasn’t a job I loved, it was a job that came with a very sturdy paycheck,...
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I don’t know what happened to blogging this week. But then again, I don’t know how it got to be Wednesday afternoon already. In lieu of new blogging, here’s my latest CookbookSlut review over at Bookslut.
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