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1	Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin more books like this by Kenny Shopsin, Carolynn Carreao, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by) add to wishlist The legendary owner and chef of the Greenwich Village restaurant Shopsin's dishes food and philosophy in this collection of more than 120 recipes, including such perfect comfort foods as High School Hot Turkey Sandwiches, Cuban Bean Polenta Melt, and Cornmeal-Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce, plus the best soups, egg dishes, and hamburgers. see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99! \| SVS
2	Remembering Denny more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist In the 1950s, Denny Hanson was the "golden boy", a clean-cut, Rhodes Scholar whose bright future and million-dollar smile made him the subject of a Life magazine feature. The bestselling author of Uncivil Liberties chronicles this life that once held limitless possibilities, but ended tragically. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Tepper Isn't Going Out more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Calvin Trillin's comic novel--a small valentine to New York City--is about a man named Murray Tepper, a Manhattanite who has mastered the intricacies of finding a parking place in the city. (Trillin calls it "the first parking novel.") Once Murray gets a spot, he has no intention of leaving it: he parks, then sits in his car. The consequences of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Travels with Alice more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist There's bad news these days for Calvin Trillin fans--he's about to skip town and he's taking Alice and the girls with him. The good news--you're going too. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	About Alice more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist In Calvin Trillin's antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had "a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day" and the mother who thought that if you didn't go to every performance of your child's school play, "the county would come and take the child." Now, five years after her death, her husband offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Tummy Trilogy more books like this by Calvin Trillin, Calivin Trillin add to wishlist In the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed us that the most glorious food in an American city was not to be found at the pretentious rooftop restaurant he called La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine. With three hilarious books, he established himself as "our funniest food writer" and, in Craig Claiborne's phrase, "the Walt Whitman of ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.66! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Enough's Enough CL more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Calvin Trillin's newest collection of pieces provides a sparkling commentary on our national life, public, and private, over the past three years, as seen through the eyes of a writer whose view of life is inevitably fresh, original, provocative, inspiring--and funny. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Humorist and food nut Calvin Trillin adds to his distinguished body of food writing with this collection of 14 essays that tackle (and ingest) not only the close to home but such farflung products as authentic Louisiana boudin, a real Kansas City barbecue, and the posole of Santa Fe. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Great British Cooking: A Wellkept Secret more books like this by Jane Garmey, Calvin Trillin (Designer) add to wishlist From the sumptuous breakfasts that made England famous to steamed puddings, high teas, scones, crumpets, hot cross buns, soups, fish, and game, no aspect of British cooking is overlooked, with ingredients and utensils translated into American terms. "Garney's book offers a complete course in British home culinary art. . . ".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. see all copies from $3.31! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Recipes from Home more books like this by David Page, Barbara Shinn, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by) add to wishlist David Page and Barbara Shinn are the proprietors and chefs at the New York City restaurant called Home. Based on their belief that American cooking should use local, seasonal products, these 250 recipes include Grilled Blue Cheese and Apple Sandwiches, Shrimp and Hominy Stew, Spring Mushroom and Sweet Pea Hash, Sunflower Seed Pesto, and Apricot ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.06! \| first editions
11	Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Across time zones and cultures, and often with his wife, Alice, at his side, Trillin shares his triumphs in the art of culinary discovery, including Dungeness crabs in California, barbecued mutton in Kentucky, potato latkes in London, and a $33 picnic on a no-frills flight to Miami. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century more books like this by Studs Terkel add to wishlist Originally published under the title "My American Century," this anthology collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to each work. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia more books like this by Calvin Trillin, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Foreword by) add to wishlist In January 1961, following eighteen months of litigation that culminated in a federal court order, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first black students to enter the University of Georgia. Calvin Trillin, then a reporter for "Time Magazine," attended the court fight that led to the admission of Holmes and Hunter and covered their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Messages from My Father: A Memoir more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist "The man was stubborn", writes Calvin Trillin - the second most stubborn member of the Trillin family - to begin his fond, wry, and affecting memoir of his father. Abe Trillin had the western Missouri accent of someone who had grown up in St. Joseph and the dreams of America of someone who had been born is Russia. In Kansas City, he was a grocer, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Family Man more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist A recollection and guide to family-rearing, written by the well-known polemicist and comic poet. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Returning to the form (and forum) that made bestsellers of "Obliviously On He Sails" and "A Heckuva Job," the putative Bard of the Bush presidency recreates in verse all the lowlights of this year's endless campaign slog. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Obliviously on He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Collecting his weekly poems in the Nation magazine, Calvin Trillin passes merciless judgment on the Bush administration, condemning the president and his advisers for everything from lying about the war in Iraq to misusing the English language. But, as always, no matter how great his outrage, Trillin is never without his wry sense of humor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes more books like this by Garrison Keillor (Performed by), Calvin Trillin (Performed by), Paula Poundstone (Performed by) add to wishlist Includes the complete "Pretty Good Jokes, Few More Pretty Good Jokes," and "New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes." see all copies from $29.00! new only from $29.00! \| SVS
19 view cover	A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist From the author of "Obliviously He Sails On" comes a new, laugh-out-loud roast of the Bush administration. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Regards: The Selected Nonfiction of John Gregory Dunne more books like this by John Gregory Dunne, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by) add to wishlist No writer captured the tragic absurdity of late-twentieth-century America better than John Gregory Dunne. For over forty years, he cast an unsparing eye on contemporary America, never flinching from the unpleasant truths he saw around him. Whether novels, screenplays, or nonfiction, his work was marked with a droll wit and a pointed cynicism ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Too Soon to Tell more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist Calvin Trillin has selected his favorite columns for inclusion in this volume on subjects such as China's claim to have invented golf, the prospect of the Queen being audited, dog seat belts, and the practice of some businesses to donate campaign contributions to BOTH political parties. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	With All Disrespect: More Uncivil Liberties more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	Uncivil Liberties more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	American Stories CL more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist In these, "the sort of stories you might tell in front of a fire", Calvin Trillin brings together twelve funny, troubling, moving and always revealing narratives--extended pieces that have appeared in The New Yorker over the past seven years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	If You Cant Say Something Nice more books like this by Calvin Trillin add to wishlist The author of the widely syndicated "Uncivil Liberties" column ruminates on everything from Fidel Castro to the calorie count of his favorite food. "Trillin is a curmudgeon's curmudgeon".--People. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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