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Aj Liebling

Writers on Fighters

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: A.J. Liebling, Budd Schulberg, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, George Kimball, Pete Dexter, George Foreman, Pete Hamill, Gay Talese, W.C. Heinz, Jimmy Cannon, George Plimpton, John Schulian, Books News
Jan Herman

At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing, a new anthology from The Library of America, reads like an elegy for the fight game.

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Bouillabaisse Explained: Five Questions for Adam Gopnik

Cara Parks | Posted 08.08.2011 | Home
Read More: A.J. Liebling, Savoy Restaurant, French Cooking, Bouillabaisse Recipe, One Pot Cooking, One Pot Dish, Bouillabaisse, Adam Gopnik Bouillabaisse, A.J. Liebling French Cooking, Adam Gopnik, Slidepollajax, Home News
Cara Parks

I asked New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik to expound on the finer points of a true bouillabaisse, and how to create an elegant final product that transcends its humble origins.

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A.J. Liebling's 'Between Meals' Is a Tasty Classic That Will Transport You to the Paris of Your Restaurant Dreams

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Jesse Kornbluth

There are some passages about boxing and theater in Between Meals. Let your eyes pass quickly over them. Food is Liebling's great topic, and that's what you're here for. And on this subject, Liebling delivers one great scene after another.

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Who Needs the Olympics? Consolation Reading for Chicago Lovers

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: A.J. Liebling, Chicago Olympics, David Mamet, Saul Alinsky, Sara Paretsky, Gloria Steinem, Herman Hesse, Chicago, Books News
Adam Hanft

Chicago is an Olympian city when it comes to literature and the arts. And what better time than now to remind us? Here's a sampling of some of those triumphs of the sedentary.

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

Louise McCready Hart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Calvin Trillin, Julia Reed, Julia Child, Aj-Liebling, Food, Deborah Madison, Mfk-Fisher, Michelle Maisto, Love, F, Gourmet Magazine, Media News
Louise McCready Hart

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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