The loudest sound on earth, she thought, is a man with nothing to do.

It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.

Corn syrup and added fats have been outed as major ingredients in fast food, but they hide out in packaged foods too, even presumed-innocent ones like crackers.

The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as we are our successes.

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Our plans are small and somewhat absurd.

What keeps me awake at the wheel is the thrill of trying something completely new with each book. I’m not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, but as a writer I definitely choose the fast car, the impossible rock face, the free fall.