Posts tagged

"The New Yorker "

July 26, 2012

20 Years at the Front Door of The New Yorker: Janet Groth’s The Receptionist

Imagine it is the 1950s and you are freshly graduated and ready for the big time. Imagine you land your dream job at one of the most prestigious publications in the world. Now: Imagine where you may go from there. The Receptionist is the true story of what one woman did with her lucky break.

June 4, 2012

Bill Buford’s Memoir Heat: Culinary Adventures of a Writer-Turned-Chef

Cooking has always been a lifelong obsession for the New Yorker editor -- and with Heat, he takes us on a fast-paced insider account of life as a line cook, pasta maker, and Tuscan butcher.