Patricia Volk recalls growing up in a New York restaurant family. She describes the cuisine at the family’s eateries, and what they ate at home.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Journalist Neil Strauss tells Steve Paulson about the two years he spent with a group of pick up artists - men who share techniques about how to charm women.
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the author of more than a dozen books, most recently “The Pig Who Sang to the Moon.” He says that farm animals have rich, complex emotional lives.
Kelly Link tells Anne Strainchamps where some of her stories came from and about answering customers' questions in a Boston bookstore.
Miles Hyman is Shirley Jackson's grandson. He's an artist who specializes in graphic novels and adaptations of classic literature. His latest book has a lot of personal meaning for him. It's a graphic adaptation of his grandmother's most famous short story, "The Lottery." Hyman talks about how and why he took on this challenging task.
Penny Von Eschen tells Steve Paulson about the State Department's use of jazz musicians as a weapon in the cold war to win hearts and minds in the Third World.
Marion Winik muses on macaroni and cheese, and the lessons it can teach parents - and kids - about giving.
Martin Gilbert is Winston's Churchill's biographer, and explains what made Churchill such a great leader during WWII.
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