I’d Rather Eat Like a Pig Than Dine Like a Mogul

The celebrity cookbook is a curious genre: its essential premise is that a person who is famous for something other than cooking can, on the basis of that fame, also teach us how to cook. At the same time, it’s a tried-and-true publishing gambit: Gwyneth Paltrow and Stanley Tucci are following in the footsteps of […] The post I’d Rather Eat Like a Pig Than Dine Like a Mogul appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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