Me Have Questions

From: Lulu Blue
To: fredkaufman@verizon.net
Date: Feb 9, 2008 2:33 PM
Subject: We love your Stomach!
 

Hello, Fred! I just finished devouring your delicious new book, A Short History of the American Stomach! Actually, I read it aloud to my mother, who is recuperating from a tummy tuck and breast augmentation. Although she appreciated the pain medication prescribed by her doctor, she felt your “hip, journalistic approach to America’s all-consuming relationship to the gut” (to quote Publishers Weekly) was incredibly restorative and beneficial to her healing process.

So anyway, after reading the final pages of your book, I have a few questions:
1. Do you plan to write any sequels to A Short History of the American Stomach? I’ve traveled extensively and feel that A Short History of the Canadian Stomach, A Short History of the Peruvian Stomach or A Short History of the African-American Stomach might be equally engaging and thought-provoking.
2. What’s your favorite food?
3. Do you have a favorite restaurant?
4. Do you cook at home? If so, do you have a favorite cookbook?

I’ve just ordered a copy of Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories, even though it doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with stomachs.

Thank you again for your wonderful book!

All the best,
Lulu Blue