Calvin Trillin

Project Nim: The Dope on a Charismatic Chimp

Regina Weinreich | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Joyce Butler, Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimsky, Bob Ingersoll, Stephanie LaFarge, Edie Falco, Calvin Trillin, Deborah Solomon, Ellen Kuras, Julie Taymor, Daphne Merkin, Laura Ann Pettito, The Chimp Who Would Be Human, Herbert Terrace, Project Nim, Adam Gopnik, Entertainment News

Nim Chimsky, the star of a new movie, died too soon. A charming troublemaker, this chimp was the subject of an experiment in understanding language and communication.

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Liveblogging Day 4 of the Food Writers Symposium at the Greenbrier

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Food Blogs, Calvin Trillin, Elissa Altman, David Joachim, Food Writing, Greenbrier, Food News

DAY 4 - 16 Sep 2010 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Good morning again and welcome to the continued liveblog from the 2010 Professional Food Writers Symposium at ...

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Father's Day Gifts: The Best Barbecue and Food Books for Dad

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North American Meat Processors Association, Barbecue, Books, Calvin Trillin, Omnivore's Dilemma, Ardie A. Davis, Chef Paul Kirk, Cook's Illustrated, Steven Raichlen, Weber, Robb Walsh, Harold McGee, Michael Pollan, Chris Lilly, Cooking, Bbq, Big Bob Gibson, Texas Barbecue, Jamie Purviance, Namp, Food Books, BBQ Books, Cooking Books, Father's Day Gifts, Books for Dad, Father's Day Books, Slidepollajax, Father's Day, Food News

"Give a man a chicken and he will turn it into a black lump. Teach a man to grill a chicken and he will gloat all night." Meathead Dad's chicken look...

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Andy Borowitz and Friends Take the Y

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Obama's First Year in Office, Janeane Garafalo, Jonathan Alter, Calvin Trillin, Culture Scene, Jeffrey Toobin, 92nd Street Y, New York News

No small competition to run up against the State of the Union address, but Andy Borowitz and friends managed to fill New York's 92nd Street Y Wednesday night to the rafters.

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Borowitz: GOP Just Like the Sex Pistols

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Alter, Calvin Trillin, Gop, Janeane Garofalo, Jeffrey Toobin, New York, Barack Obama, Republicans, Video, New York News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit The Republican Party is a lot like the Sex Pistols, according to Andy Borowtiz. No, ...

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New Yorker Festival Attracts Throngs Of Fans Despite Publishing Woes

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, John Turturro, Roger Angell New Yorker, Calvin Trillin, Stephen Colbert, New York, Ronger Angell, Msnbc, Calvin Trillin Food Tour, Manhattan, Stanley Tucci, Rachel Maddow, Elizabeth Edwards, The New Yorker Festival, Ariel Levy, Joan Cusak, New Yorker Festival Humor Revue, New York News

NEW YORK — The journalism industry may be in precarious shape, but you wouldn't have known it at the annual New Yorker Festival, where star wors...

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Recession The Fault Of Intelligent People

nytimes.com | CALVIN TRILLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ivy League, Recession, Calvin Trillin, Business News

"The financial system nearly collapsed," he said, "because smart guys had started working on Wall Street." He took a sip of his martini, and stared st...

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The Gastronomy of Marriage Author on the Tempestuous Relationship between Love and Food

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calvin Trillin, Julia Reed, Julia Child, Aj-Liebling, Food, Deborah Madison, Mfk-Fisher, Michelle Maisto, Love, F, Gourmet Magazine, Media News

When Rich and I moved in together, I wanted everything to go smoothly, so it freaked me out when food -- what had been our biggest bond -- became our biggest problem.

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The 2008 Election in Verse

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Poetic Life, Election in Verse, Calvin Trillin, Calvin Trillin Daily Show, Healthy Living News

Calvin Trillin, responding to Daily Show host John Stewart's impish description of his new book in verse on the 2008 election Deciding the Next Decide...

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When Bad PR Happens to Good People, or, Jeffrey Birnbaum's Revenge

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Post, Jeffrey Birnbaum, Ethics in Journalism, Newspaper Op-Eds, Journalism, Public Relations, Dick Van Dyke, Sclc, Congressional Record, Calvin Trillin, Charles Steele, Jr., Victor Navasky, Media News

Washington Post columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum has his panties in a twist again about the practice of public policy advocates employing professional writers to help them draft newspaper op-eds.

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McCain Celebrates Huge Pennsylvania Win

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Alter, Katie Couric, Calvin Trillin, Hillary Clinton, Susie Essman, Barack Obama, Politics News

A jubilant McCain said that "It became abundantly clear that the people of Pennsylvania want to send the Republicans back to the White House for another four years."

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