By Sara Nelson 11/11/02 12:00am

Out of Greasy Pan, Into Fire For Bacon-Besotted Author

When Gary Taubes’ New York Times Magazine article, “What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” hit the stands on Sunday, July 7-arguing that mounting evidence shows that a high-fat diet is nutritionally sound-carnivores rejoiced: A New York sirloin topped with a glistening pat of butter is actually good for you? To Peter Luger! Read More

By Sara Nelson 11/11/02 12:00am

Behind Booker Winner: Party-Boy Brit or Unsung Yank?

For a clannish industry that hardly lacks for backbiting and Schadenfreude , publishing is still a sucker for A Little Engine That Could. Especially if it’s one whose chief engineer is a charismatic, young Brit like Jamie Byng, director of tiny, independent Edinburgh-based Canongate Books. Thirty-three years old, garrulous and with a curly mop of Read More