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This Cookbook Is Bananas, and I Love It

“Why am I like this?” writes Ella Quittner on the cover of her own cookbook. She is delightfully obsessive — always

I’m reading Lindy West’s upcoming memoir Adult Braces, and her dispatches from an Eat-Pray-Love-style road trip makes me laugh out

The other day, I was texting with an old friend, who told me he reads only non-fiction but wants to

What are your hopes and dreams for the fall? Mine are to: a) eat all the Reese’s pumpkins, bats, and

My friend Erika Veurink just wrote a romance novel (!), and on Thursday I’ll be in conversation with her on

On a long flight recently, I read Jessica Stanley’s Consider Yourself Kissed in one sitting. Without giving too much away,

I’m coming to you with something a little different from my Race Matters column: summer reading recommendations! I’ve been a

Last night, I was lucky enough to chat with my food-writer friend Adam Roberts about his funny new novel, and

This time of year, I love whipping up lemon-y potato salads and am always looking for new variations. So, I

“Does the universe end? Like, is there a wall?” my son Anton asked me when he was five. Author Sarah