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(Edible Schoolyard)
American children are getting fatter and fatter, and studies show that it’s having an adverse effect on their performance in school. Alice Waters of Chez Panisse is trying to revolutionize school cafeteria food, and she’s here along with Gourmet magazine’s Ruth Reichl to talk about how to replace the junk food and sodas with healthier, fresher fare. Then a discussion on why the sex urge is as much about economics as it is about the drive to reproduce. Plus, James Frey talks about the agony of drug addiction, detox, and withdrawal. And writer Alison Rose on her years at the New Yorker and Vogue.
Ruth Reichl and Alice Waters
Ruth Reichl is editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, and Alice Waters is founder of Chez Panisse, the groundbreaking restaurant in Berkeley, California committed to fresh, local and seasonal produce. Ms. Waters’s Edible Schoolyard Project at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley is a prototype for the kind of school ...
Niles Eldredge
Paleontologist Niles Eldredge questions sex’s relationship to procreation. He’s the author of Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene.
Events: Niles Eldredge will be giving a talk and slideshow Tuesday, June 1st at 7 pm at the American Museum of Natural History
Music: ...
Events: Niles Eldredge will be giving a talk and slideshow Tuesday, June 1st at 7 pm at the American Museum of Natural History
Music: ...
James Frey
James Frey writes: "I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal." His new memoir about addiction and recovery is A Million Little Pieces.
» Read an excerpt of A Million Little Pieces in the Reading Room
» Read an excerpt of A Million Little Pieces in the Reading Room
Alison Rose
Alison Rose grew up in California, but escaped to New York. She worked as a model and actress before finding a job at the New Yorker; she went on to write the "Talk of the Town" column for the magazine. Her new memoir is Better Than Sane: Tales from ...
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