Tales from the Tummy Trilogy

A rye witty, clever compellation of Trillin’s New York Times articles proving journalist Calvin the humorist per diam. Trillin strikes the heart string and the funny bone at the same time. He plays in our backyard with familiar family themes with outrageous conclusions. His laid back style will catc......more

Way too much food snobbery for me... I'd love to be a food critic, but obviously I'm not obnoxious enough. The author is hung up on people that use cream of mushroom soup, yet he can't even cook scrambled eggs. Half the pleasure of eating comes from cooking! One of the essays I most enjoyed was his s......more

I only go to listen to some of this because, as seems to be the case with library audio cassettes, some of the tapes were futzed up. Once I got pretty into listening to the essays and the tapes were working, I got my new car which only has a CD player, so I had to return the set. I found many of the......more

Didn't love it myself, but if you are really into local food in Kansas City and NYC you'll dig it.......more

Trillin adds a perfectly subtle bit of humor into his writing. These tales don't give a great look at what his real expertise regarding food really is, but he is enjoyable to listen to and has some interesting stories to tell.......more