The Paris Review has got Amanda Hesser, the New York Times food columnist, documenting her interior life and media consumption this week. Highlights of the opening installment :
• [T]he jittery attention span of youth is no excuse—I’m well over thirty.
• A former food52 editor taught us oldsters the terms “douche-b” and “d-bag.” In her honor, I play for everyone Kanye West’s new song “Runaway”…
• The Nancy Meyers movie is particularly enjoyable because we’re not in the aging-boomer demographic it aims for…
• Discussion of whether “kids today” read—a favorite oldster topic (kids today, with their rap and sexting!).
Consuming food and growing old: both biological functions!