Born Round : The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater (Hardcover)

from bakersfieldbarbara

For a foodie, this is a great book to see behind the scenes of a food critic. I got lost at the beginning of the book as Mr. Bruin described his early life and the food history with and about his family. I started the book with the wrong expectation, that it would be detailing the life of a food ...

from BraveNewBks

I debated over whether to give this four stars or five. I have zero complaints about it: it was a solidly written book that easily kept my attention the whole way through. If I had to explain my hesitation over giving it five stars, perhaps it boils down to a lack of a wow factor. This book is a ...

from SeeHeidiRun

A memoir about Bruni's life - leading up to, and including, his work as the New York Times's restaurant critic. This book was 352 pages, and felt like it, though some funny highlights (Mexican speed, his love of Tyson chicken nuggets) as well as a few poignant moments (his mother's cancer/death, ...

from bakersfieldbarbara

For a foodie, this is a great book to see behind the scenes of a food critic. I got lost at the beginning of the book as Mr. Bruin described his early life and the food history with and about his family. I started the book with the wrong expectation, that it would be detailing the life of a food ...

from bachaney

Frank Bruni's new memoir Born Round chronicles the longtime New York Times columnist's lifelong struggle with food. Born into a large Italian family where cooking is a contact sport, Bruni begins to struggle with his weight as a child, and continues to struggle with it into adulthood and beyond. ...