Taste: My Life Through Food

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci. Well known actor, and this is not an acting memoir. Really is about food, and his love of food and cooking, with some references to film, but that is not the focus. He goes from his childhood in Upstate New York, and how he evolved into a foodie. Also, his bought with cancer and the impact that had on food, and continues to have, for him.

On Animals

On Animals by Susan Orleans. Well known best selling author. This is a collection so essays that have appeared elsewhere, most the New Yorker. Entertaining and well done of course. Spoiler alert, she likes dogs.

The Baseball 100

The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski. Baseball writer Joe gives his take on the 100 best players of all time. What is interesting about this is that it is not a countdown. Many of the players are listed at a number that is significant to them. Joe Dimaggio is 56, Jackie Robinson is 42 etc. So that makes it more interesting than starting at the bottom and working your way up. He does spend a lot of time with black players, the Negro League and the impact on the MLB that those players were not in the main stream. He also spends lots of time on stats, which is not really my thing, but thoroughly researched.