American Fried

Name: American Fried
Author: Calvin Trillin

by Calvin Trillin

Trillin's hilarious essays celebrating American regional cuisine and his lifelong quest for great food

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Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is an American journalist and humorist whose comic essays about food, family, and American life have made him one of the most consistently funny American writers. His deadpan voice and gentle self-deprecation have graced the pages of The New Yorker for decades.

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