Calvin Trillin

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born

in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States

December 05, 1935

gender

male

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Nonfiction, Cooking, Food & Wine

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Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known for his humorous writings about food and eating, but he has also written much serious journalism, comic verse, and several books of fiction.

Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University, where he served as chairman of the Yale Daily News and became a member of Scroll and Key before graduating in 1957; he later served as a trustee of the university. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker in 1963. His reporting for The New Yorker on the racial integration of the University of Georgia was published in his first book, An Education in Georgi...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 8,090 ratings · 1,261 reviews · 49 distinct works · Similar authors

	About Alice 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,691 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tummy Trilogy 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tepper Isn't Going Out 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 749 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels with Alice 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 338 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Man 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Messages From My Father: A Memoir 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembering Denny by Calvin Trillin, John Gregory Dunne (Afterword) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
― Calvin Trillin

tags: cooking, food, humor, leftovers, mothers

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“Health food makes me sick.”
― Calvin Trillin

tags: food

25 people liked it

“Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.”
― Calvin Trillin

tags: humor, inspirational

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