Although I grew up in Kansas City, ... I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a sports fan who is almost monomaniacally obsessed with basketball but glances over at the N.H.L. standings now and then.
Calvin TrillinWhat interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
Calvin TrillinWith humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
Calvin TrillinPeople, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
Calvin TrillinGiven the clientele, the restaurants on Capri might resemble those fancy Northern Italian places on the East Side of Manhattan where the captain has taken bilingual sneering lessons from the maitre d' at the French joint down the street and the waiter, whose father was born in Palermo, would deny under torture that tomato sauce has ever touched his lips.
Calvin Trillin