Bringing Discomfort to the Table

Children’s books, like perfectly cooked risotto, are complex in their simplicity. When done right, it appears uncomplicated. Yet every chef knows risotto requires intricate precision and attention to detail. The simpler it is, the more detail it requires. Much like a good children’s book — the more profound the lesson, the more infantile it seems. […]

In school, while reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, I remember getting a side lecture about his wife, Zelda. It wasn’t so much a lecture, but a cliff note – That the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald had a crazy (bipolar) wife who spent most of her days in and out of insane asylums and drinking. […]