Book description
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 criticā¦
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Possessing an insatiable appetite even as a toddler, Frank Bruni has long had a complicated relationship with food. Body shameāmade all the worse by being a single gay man trying to conform to an impossible standardādrove him from fad diets, to manic exercise, and even bulimia. Nevertheless, in 2004, he accepted the position as restaurant critic for The New York Times. Having spent the better part of my own life acutely conscious of my caloric intake, I found Born Round to be a moving account of the struggle so many of us face regarding body image, and how comingā¦
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