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Mark Kurlansky's new novel is set mostly on one block of New York's Upper West Side that sees a lot of change from the 1970s on but begins with a cheesecake - one that traces back to Cato the Elder.
In “On Old Age,” Cicero cites the Roman general and philosopher Cato the Elder. Cato recalls Quintus Fabius Maximus. Fabius, a man of many accomplishments, defeated Hannibal. “A Fabian victory,” the ...
The creationism bill passed the House today. Sheila Butt used a hairspray metaphor: “I was taught things in science class in high school which have turned out not to be true,” Rep. Sheila Butt ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark Kurlansky about his new novel, "Cheesecake." It's a story of New York's restaurant and real estate scenes in the 1980s and, of course, that delectable dessert.
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