Born Round

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The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough after decades of wrestling with his weightFrank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and hungry, always and endlessly hungry. He grew up in a big, loud Italian family in White Plains, New York, where meals were epic, outsize affairs. At those meals, he demonstrated one of his foremost qualifications for his future career: an epic, outsize appetite for food. But his relationship with eating was tricky, and his difficulties with managing it began early.When he was named the restaurant critic for the New York Times in 2004, he knew enough to be nervous. He would be performing one of the most closely watched tasks in the epicurean universe; a bumpy ride was inevitable, especially for someone whose writing beforehand had focused on politics, presidential campaigns, and the Pope.But as he tackled his new role as one of the most loved and hated...

subjects: Biography,  New York Times Company,  Case studies,  Compulsive eating,  Reducing diets,  Food writers,  Italian Americans,  Overweight men,  Childhood and youth,  Biography & Autobiography,  Nonfiction,  Personal Memoirs,  Large type books,  New York Times reviewed,  New york times,  Obesity,  Authors, american,  Authors, biography,  Journalists, biography,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-09-13,  New York Times bestseller,  LGBTQ gastronomy,  Feeding Behavior,  European Continental Ancestry Group,  Reducing Diet,  Compulsive Behavior,  Overweight

People: Frank Bruni

Places: United States