Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love

I loved the facts and information, however I did not care for the author making it about her. Maybe I have a hard time with reading journalists, because I'm also having a hard time with the style of ‘How Children Succeed'. (I did enjoy Brain on Fire, but it's supposed to be a memoir.)

At times she comes off as overly pretentious, or trying too hard to present herself. I would say ‘I don't care' many times because she'd describe her trips or what she was wearing. Occasionally these descriptions would be contextual, such as in relating how isolated a place might be or wearing traditional Indian clothing, but other times it was about what she wore to an interview or how she arrived late to a hotel in sweatpants. I also got frustrated with her when she used the word ‘sissy'.