Entries from December 2006

Fast Food Nation

6:48 am in America, current events, food & drink, Schlosser, Eric | 1 Comment

Fast Food Nation

What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World
by Eric Schlosser (2001)

A very readable history of fast-food industry and its impacts on social and cultural landscape.


Julie Taymor

6:16 pm in art | No Comments

Julie Taymor

Playing with Fire by Eileen Blumenthal and Julie Taymor (1999) A lavishly-illustrated account of Julie Taymor’s career in theatre, opera and film, the book traces the development of her “cross-pollination”: from her summer travel to Sri Lanka and India in high school; apprenticeship at L’École de Mime Jacques LeCoq; at Oberlin College; in Indonesia working [...]


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