Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts

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Born Round

  • Frank Bruni’s “Born Round”

    Frank Bruni’s “Born Round”

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    Iconic male food writers like A.J. Liebling and R.W. Apple were large men; they flaunted their girth in ways that their female counterparts (M.F.K. Fisher, Elizabeth David, Ruth Reichl) did not. Their weight helped them cultivate an aura of power and authority; it’s easy to imagine them sitting in a brown leather chair, patting their…