Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” was horrifying and illuminating, exposing the nightmare of food industrialization and pointing out how little people know about what they’re putting into their bodies. That book captivated me in a big way. I’m late to the game, but I finally … Read More →
The greatest contribution of the movie and book “Julie & Julia” may be that it introduced Julia Child to a whole new generation. She passed away in 2004, but her legacy lives on on PBS, where her TV series like “Cooking at Home” with Jacques … Read More →
I’m not OCD, but if I frequent The Container Store long enough, I can see myself developing the tendencies. The Container Store convinces a person he needs to organize his home to a degree never imagined. You get drawn to weird things there. I’ve found … Read More →
Two Friday ago, on an unseasonably warm and beautiful day, I headed out for a last run in Rye. I ran more slowly than usual to take in all the sights: Seaside Johnnies, Rye Town Park, the rock jetty on Oakland Beach, the green buoy … Read More →
An Uneven “Forks Over Knives”
It occurred to me about halfway through the new documentary Forks Over Knives that the movie was a disguised call to veganism. See, the word is never uttered, but rather the phrase “whole food, plant-based diet.” I’m imagining the filmmakers at a pitch meeting saying, … Read More →