About the Author

Calvin Trillin is the author of twenty books, including Family Man (FSG, 1998) and Messages from My Father (FSG, 1996). He writes a weekly column for Time and a weekly poem for The Nation. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

"Trillin is our funniest food writer. He writes with charm, freedom, and a rare respect for language." --Seymour Britchkey, New Yorker "As Proust took the simple madeleine and with genius made it a glory of a book, so Trillin takes the hamburger, takes the chili dog, takes the pizza, and does as much, or more." --Henry Mitchell, The Washington Post Book World "Marvelously funny and horrifyingly mouth-watering." --Rolling Stone