On today's show: Food Network star Rachael Ray tells us what's cooking on the new season of her show. And we'll hear from an adventurous eater who traveled the globe to find unusual meals. Also, a writer reveals how she came to terms with middle age and all the gray hair that goes with it. But first, a Yale law professor encourages universities to ask students the age-old question: what is the meaning of life?
Professor Anthony T. Kronman, former Dean of the Yale Law School, thinks today's college professors have lost touch with the most important question education seeks to answer: what is the meaning of life? His new book explains why this has happened, and how professors can bring philosophy back into the classroom.
Event: Anthony Kronman will be speaking
Tuesday, September 18 at 7 pm
The New Haven Lawn Club
193 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, Connecticut
For more information and reservations, call 203-245-3959.
Purchase Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life at amazon.com.
Weigh in: Have you given up on figuring out the meaning of life? What did you ponder when you were in college?
For his new book The Year of Eating Dangerously, Tom Parker Bowles traveled to Nashville, Tokyo, Sicily and beyond to find unusual meals. He'll tell us whether the food he found would pass muster at dinner with his stepfather, the Prince of Wales.
Event: Tom Parker Bowles will be reading and signing books
Monday, September 10 at 7 pm
Upper East Side Barnes and Noble
240 East 86th Street
Purchase The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes at amazon.com.
Weigh in: What's the most unusual meal you've ever eaten?
Rachael Ray is the force behind a daytime talk show, four Food Network programs, twelve cookbooks, a magazine, a line of kitchen products, and a charity organization. She's here to give us a taste of the new season of The Rachael Ray Show.
The new season of The Rachael Ray Show begins today.
Visit RachaelRay.com for more information.
Find out what moves Rachael Ray in our guest picks page
At 49, Anne Kreamer was hit with the realization that she had to let go of her youth - and her dye job - to embrace aging gracefully. She tells the story of her transformation in Going Gray.
Event: Anne Kreamer will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, October 4 at 7 pm
Upper West Side Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, at 82nd Street
Anne Kreamer will be moderating a panel discussion at
The More Magazine Reinvention Convention
Tuesday, October 9
For more information, visit Anne Kreamer's website.
Purchase Going Gray: What I Learned About Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters at amazon.com.
Weigh in: Do you dye your hair? Why or why not?
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