Feeding a Yen Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco

"Under cover of a mania for dim sum, spaghetti carbonara, and pit barbecue, he is actually a superlative prose stylist, an inimitable humorist, and an absolutely first-rate people writer."--"The Washington Post Book World."

<b>CALVIN TRILLIN </b>has been called “perhaps the finest reporter in America,” and “a classic American humorist.” <br><br>A onetime writer for <i>Time, The New Yorker</i> and a current contributor to <i>The Nation</i>, he is the author of several collections of essays and three comic novels, including the national bestseller <b>Tepper Isn’t Going Out</b>. He has also written three previous books on eating, <b>American Fried, Alice, Let's Eat </b>and<b> Third Helpings, </b>and the acclaimed memoirs, <b>Messages from My Father,</b> a <i>New York Times</i> best seller, and <b>Family Man</b>. His next book will be <b>"Obliviously On He Sails,"</b> a collection of satirical verse about the George W, Bush presidency.