Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Food
Book Review: “Dirt” — Trekking through the French Food Industry
Dirt has the unsurprising effect of making you hungry; if your mind wanders as you are reading, you’ll probably find yourself thinking of food.
Book Review: “Cooking With the Muse” — Poetry and Food, Transformed
Though the culinary tastes in this book are original and often complex, the recipes themselves are breathtakingly clear and often very simple.