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“Born Round” is an overeater’s story, told from an unusual perspective: the overeater winds up making food the focus of his professional life. That’s where the book begins, with my appointment as the restaurant critic of the New York Times. It then flashes back to explain why that was so ironic.

Its colorful cast of characters includes my loving Italian-American family, the weight-obsessed friends I make in high school and beyond, and the public figures I meet as a journalist

It takes place in New York, North Carolina, San Diego, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Rome, where I not only ate well but also learned a lot about a healthy relationship with food.

Media Coverage

Chicago Tribune lunch interview (Thu, 07/15/2010)
"Nightline," ABC-TV (Wed, 08/19/2009)
Charlie Rose TV interview (Fri, 09/18/2009)
"Colbert Report" (Thu, 09/17/2009)
"Good Morning America," ABC-TV (Thu, 08/20/2009)
Campbell Brown show, CNN (Tue, 08/18/2009)
New Yorker web site (Tue, 08/18/2009)
"Wow" web site interview by Julia Reed (Mon, 09/14/2009)
KGO-TV San Fran, "View from the Bay," live talk about childhood obesity (Mon, 09/14/2009)
CBS.com "Tomorrow" show with Mo Rocca (Sun, 09/13/2009)
Associated Press interview/profile (Wed, 08/19/2009)
Excerpt of book in New York Times Sunday magazine (Sun, 07/19/2009)
Excerpt of book in Out magazine Sept. issue (Tue, 09/01/2009)
CBS Radio, San Francisco (Mon, 09/14/2009)
Elle, September issue (Wed, 08/12/2009)
Men's Health, part 1 (Mon, 08/17/2009)
Men's Health, part 2 (Mon, 08/17/2009)
Newsweek (Thu, 09/10/2009)
Podcast, New York Times Sunday Book Review, with Sam Tanenhaus (Sun, 08/23/2009)
"Oprah Radio," interview with Gayle King (Tue, 08/25/2009)
CNBC "Power Lunch" TV interview (Mon, 08/24/2009)
Atlantic Monthly food blog (Mon, 08/24/2009)
New York Times magazine slide show (Sun, 07/19/2009)
NPR, "Talk of the Nation" (Thu, 08/20/2009)
The Advocate, September issue (Wed, 08/12/2009)
Detroit Free Press profile (Sun, 08/16/2009)
Denver Post (Wed, 08/19/2009)
CBC online book club interview (Mon, 10/19/2009)
Time Out New York (Thu, 08/20/2009)
"Fork in the Road," Village Voice food blog (Thu, 08/20/2009)
Austin American-Statesman (Wed, 08/19/2009)
Q-and-A with Tara Parker-Pope, NYT "Well" blog (Thu, 08/20/2009)
NY Mag food blog book analysis (Tue, 05/19/2009)