We look into the role of the kitchen in American homes...and what our kitchens and food choices reveal about ourselves. Also: why Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been called "a mayor of the post-racial generation." And an up-close look at what daily life in Iraq has been like since the 2003 invasion.
And join us for the next installment of Political Projections! On Tuesday, February 5th, we'll talk about how Hollywood has poked fun at politics over the years...and you can watch some films we've selected, and join in the conversation. Find out more here.
Daily Life in Wartime Iraq
Journalist Dahr Jamail gives us an up-close look at daily life in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Jamail is one of the few unaffiliated, unembedded journalists covering the war in Iraq. His new book is Beyond the Green Zone.
America’s Kitchen Culture
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that if you want to understand a society, you must "look into their pots" and "eat their bread." What do American kitchens reveal about the U.S.? Steven Gdula looks into the history of kitchens in America in The Warmest Room in the House: How the ...
Life with Food
John Haney of Gourmet magazine grew up eating beans on toast and bacon sandwiches in a Cockney household outside of London; now he eats in some of New York’s fanciest restaurants. He writes about his journey in his new memoir, Fair Shares for All: A Memoir of Family and ...
Cory Booker: Post-Racial Mayor?
The New Yorker’s Peter Boyer says that Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a mayor of the "post-racial generation" who has nevertheless run into raw racial prejudice since his entry into Newark politics. His article in the Feb. 4 issue is "The Color of Politics."
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