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A Chat About Julia’s Second Act with ‘My Little Bird’
I am in Washington DC for the second annual Julia Child Award (this year’s recipient is Rick Bayless), and will present The FCiA at the Smithsonian on Sat 10/29 (3:30 pm). Nancy McKeon and I had a nice chat about Julia in the 1970s for her blog My Little Bird. Here’s an excerpt and the…
Read MoreRelive the moment that Julia Child became an American icon
At age 50, an unknown cookbook author from Cambridge debuted “The French Chef,” coined a catch phrase, and created a legend. ON MAY 19, 1961, PAUL CHILD QUIT HIS JOB after 16 years in the Foreign Service. “Ah, freedom at last — no more of this hurly-burly, thank you very much,” he and his wife,…
Read MoreWhen There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink
‘Last Call at the Oasis,’ a Documentary About Water Supplies Jay Famiglietti, one of a handful of expert witnesses in Jessica Yu’s “Last Call at the Oasis,” is a thoughtful scientist with an engaging manner who specializes in water. In particular, he studies — and tries to raise public awareness about — the rapid depletion…
Read MorePolitics and the Environment in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Virtually untouched, Alaska’s Bristol Bay is one of America’s last great wild places. Now, a proposed multibillion-dollar mine promises to provide an economic lifeline for locals, but environmentalists warn that it could destroy one of the world’s richest salmon fisheries. Alex Prud’homme reports. THE WAR OVER ALASKA’S SOUL Like much of the Alaskan bush, the…
Read MoreBob Bea, the Master of Disaster
Robert Bea‘s large, beige, seemingly bland office in the engineering building at the University of California at Berkeley is revealed, upon close inspection, to be a cabinet of wonders. Perched on top of neat filing cabinets and tucked into corners are mysterious artifacts from around the world: a massive drill bit, a chunk of rusted…
Read MoreA Photo Tour of Bristol Bay
[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”” padding_right=”” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][rev_slider alias=”bristolbay”][fusion_text]Browse through the landscapes of Bristol Bay, Alaska in this gallery of photos and exclusive outtakes from “The War over Alaska’s Soul”…
Read MoreFive Classic Lodges in Bristol Bay, Alaska
There are plenty of fish in the waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, but not too many fine lodges, so we’ve selected the best of the lot based on their prime locations and simple comforts. Bristol Bay is a 40,000-square-mile region—bordered by the Alaska Peninsula on one side and the southwest corner of the state on…
Read MoreCalifornia’s Next Nightmare
People tend to underestimate the power of floods: six inches of fast-moving water can knock you down; two feet of water can float most cars away. Floods kill an average of 127 Americans a year — more than tornadoes or hurricanes — and cause more than $2 billion of property damage annually, according to the…
Read MoreBest Business Crime Writing of the Year (2002)
by James Surowiecki Editor Description A year ago it would have been difficult to conceive of an anthology of stories soley devoted to corporate malfeasance. Today, the challenge has been to keep it confined to one volume. From P.J. O’Rourke’s hilarious “How To Stuff A Wild Enron,” in which he compares trying to understand Enron’s finances…
Read MoreBest American Crime Writing
By Otto Penzler, Thomas H. Cook, Nicholas Pileggi A riveting new anthology series–a year’s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the most astute and smartest, in short, the best crime journalism. Included in this first volume are Mark Singer’s “The Chicken Warriors” from The New Yorker: an up-close look at the tawdry, wildly popular,…
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