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What makes Sendak's book so compelling is its grounding effect: Max has a tantrum and in a flight of fancy visits his wild side, but he is pulled back by a belief in parental love to a supper "still hot," balancing the seesaw of fear and comfort. In expanding the story, Jonze (with co-writer Dave Eggers) invents just enough of Max's home life to convey the forces behind his disobedience. The parents of 9-year-old Max (played by Max Records, whose name and performance suggest he was born for this role) have split...
...Kirk o' the Heather" (Ronald Reagan tied the knot with Jane Wyman there in 1940). In other locations there are replicas of Michelangelo's David and La Pieta. A massive stained-glass version of one of Jackson's favorite works of Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, is the artistic highlight of the Great Mausoleum. (Jackson had a version of the painting at Neverland, with Christ replaced by himself and the disciples by the likes of Walt Disney, Elvis Presley, John F. Kennedy and Albert Einstein.) (See TIME's tribute to Michael Jackson and coverage...
...chapters in your book skewers the literary-party scene. Have you been to any lately? No, the only thing I've ever been to - and it's not quite the same thing - is years ago, I went to a sort of charity event for the New Yorker at a supper club in Chelsea or something. There were some actresses, authors, various people. If you were to make a lazy stereotype of a New Yorker reader, it was that kind of crowd...
...turning to Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing, co-authored by Ruhlman and a bible among foodie bloggers, eat-local enthusiasts and cooking professionals. "With Ruhlman and a meat grinder you can make anything," says Jesse Griffiths, Austin chef and co-owner of the Dai Due Supper Club, a dining club that showcases local products and farm produce. "You can see its influence, its impact everywhere." (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...recipient. We also learned how the fibrous branches of sokotei tree can be used as an effective toothbrush and toothpick, and heard about the medicinal properties of plants like plectranthus (used for sores and as bee repellent). On a visit to a manyatta (village), two goats were purchased for supper and killed in front of us; we drew the line at joining the crew in drinking the blood...