Restaurants & Food

Twitter Storm Spatters Elderly Writers Talese and Trillin

By Stan Persky | April 13, 2016

Veteran writers Gay Talese and Calvin Trillin come under digital fire. The Old People’s Review of Books rushes to their defense.

Dr. Massimo’s Blah, blah, blah

By Brian Fawcett | September 5, 2007

Brian Fawcett shows some irritation with a Canadian book on the various
weird foods around the world, finding the author more weird than
anything he writes about.

White Slob

By Brian Fawcett | May 28, 2007
Brian Fawcett has had enough of Anthony Bourdain and chefs as Darwinist
culture heroes, particularly when they decide to write autobiographies.

Koji’s Story

By Brian Fawcett | October 16, 2006

Brian Fawcett has a review of one of Vancouver’s better sushi joints, and a good story to tell about why it has survived in a poor location for more than 20 years.

Tomatoes In Toronto

By Gordon Lockheed | September 18, 2001

Graz’s first letter, dated September 10, 2001