Even fictional people have to eat. Sometimes food reveals what we should know about a character, sometimes it’s a pleasant pause in the action, sometimes it’s a crucial staging platform for exposition ...

For years, commercials accompanying Saturday morning television programs have been the target of disapproval by parents and health experts. Those short advertising segments between favorite cartoons ...

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Chris, speaking of missed calls, Toby Young left this message for you on my voicemail by mistake: Hello Chris, thank you for the splendid jokes you have been writing for me these past few weeks on the ...

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When last I wrote (a while ago now, since I was out on the road promoting my new book, “The Great Outdoor Fight”), Frank Bruni (chief restaurant critic for the New York Times) was tickling away on an ...