Behind the ‘Line

In March 2004 Nicholas D. Kristof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist wrote: For decades, whenever the topic of genocide has come up, the refrain has been, ‘Never again.’ Yet right now, the government of Sudan is engaging in genocide against three large African tribes in its Darfur region here. Some 1,000 people are being killed a week, tribeswomen are being systematically raped, 700,000 people have been driven from their homes, and Sudan’s Army ...

I’m a foodie. Rivaled only by the theater, the kitchen is my chosen sanctuary and laboratory, and I gluttonously imbibe all things epicurean—magazines, websites, cookbooks, gadgetry, you name it. Like many of you who might share this passion—swept up by the current Food Network, farm-to-table, slow food, organic-frenzied, Top Chef, gastronomic universe—it all started long ago through a link to Julia Child. We all have our own Julia story. Mine begins as a teenager in ...