Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

Authors: Bruni, Frank
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: BIO026000, BIO029000, CKB030000
ISBN: 9781101133453, Related ISBNs: 014311767X, 014314524X, 1101079517, 1101133457, 1101193107
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 368,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough

Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. His relationship with eating was difficult and his struggle with it began early. When named the restaurant critic for The New York Times in 2004, he knew he would be performing one of the most watched tasks in the epicurean universe. And with food his friend and enemy both, his jitters focused primarily on whether he'd finally made some sense of that relationship. A captivating story of his unpredictable journalistic odyssey as well as his lifelong love-hate affair with food, Born Round will speak to everyone who's ever had to rein in an appetite to avoid letting out a waistband.
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