Frank Bruni: confessions of an over-eater

[Jenise]

The NY Times restaurant reviewer has apparently written a book about a life devoted to eating--and overeating. An excerpt will be in tomorrow's NYT Sunday Magazine, but an excerpt is on line now. It's a painfully enjoyable read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19bruni-t.html?pagewanted=8&_r=2&hp

This is a very sad situation. I watched Karen Carpenter wither away to skin and bones - she was such a great singer, one of my favorites - and died so young, and so talented.