It is November and we are thankful for a lot of things, but especially that John McPhee is coming to NPL. We have to ask the question that is on everyone’s mind: are he and Dr. Seuss the same person? In honor of turkey day we feature our favorite food related items. The library can provide the items but not the food. Closing the show we dig into Neal Stephenson’s new 1000 page metathriller Reamde.

Items we talked about in this episode:

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell

Julie & Julia (film version)

My Life in France by Julia Child

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Anthony Bourdain

Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public’s Health by Judith Walzer Leavitt

Typhoid Mary, the Most Dangerous Woman in American (DVD version)

Anecdotes of Destiny; and, Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen (includes the story “Babette’s Feast”)

Babette’s Feast (award winning film version)

How to Cook Everything: Holiday Cooking by Mark Bittman

The Splendid Table (a radio show for people that love to food)

Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus (featuring the song “Eat that Chicken”)

Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus by Charles Mingus

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller by James N. Frey

Next month: Secret Santa!

- Bryan