The Chocolate Wars
Let’s agree to agree: chocolate is delicious, and it’s also good for you. But, like all great love stories, this one has a twist: in...
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Columns & Collected Essays
Apr 17, 2012
How to Get a Book Deal: Tiger Mom, Diet Mom, and Me
Amy Chua, also known as The Tiger Mother, received a high six-figure advance for her 2011 memoir. In this book, she recounts in great...
Apr 9, 2012
The Sandal Revolution
The box arrived from Bloomingdale’s just as my husband, Brett, was walking out the door to attend a neighborhood meeting one evening. ...
Mar 14, 2012
Loved the Hunger Games? Other Great YA Books that Adults Should Be Reading
Confession: I read children’s books. For fun. Like, all the time. Did you get hooked on Harry Potter? Torn apart by Twilight? Did you...
Feb 22, 2012
Fake Academy Awards 2012
Last year, my husband and I created a matrix in order to determine how to win an Oscar in 14 easy steps. You can view it here on the...
Feb 15, 2012
Lessons from Downton Abbey: A Jewish American Princess studies the Dowager Countess
I admire the British for so many reasons. They have a rich history of beheading enemies of the monarchy without ever compromising...
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