live, love, eat

"Some people love to eat, some people love to write about what they eat, and then there are lots of people who love to read other people's writing about what they eat."

These words struck a chord when I heard them this morning on NPR's Morning Edition during Steve Inskeep's interview with Ruth Reichl. The show was about the growing popularity of food memoirs--a genre in which people "write their lives in food" and "food first"--drawing out the deeper meaning of food in our lives. Take a listen!