A fun book on food, eating, and cooking, collecting essays by Vogue food critic (who also writes for Slate, or so his bio says) Jeffery Steingarten. Comes across as a more erudite (if somewhat less funny) version of my favorite food author, Calvin Trillin. Unlike Trillin, though, Steingarten is willing to go beyond appreciating food to cooking food, and includes recipes. Not a good book to read on an empty stomach with nothing in the freezer or pantry.