The Ecphorizer
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A little bonus you might not have expected from an Ecphorizer subscription Large bookstores nowadays have entire sections devoted to diet books. Doctor Hackflesh's Secret Regime. The Miracle Seven-Day Diet. Jane Fundament's Exercise and Diet Book. The Pickles-and-Yeast Diet. Eat Cream Pies and Stay Slim. [quoteright]Besides being the world's best fed society, it seems we are also the most interested in avoiding the consequences of being well fed. In leafing through these books, I have been struck by the fact that their messages are usually expressible in a single sentence, or at least a short list of "Eat" and "Don't Eat" foods. I mean, what can you say about a diet? But no one gets rich selling a single sheet of paper. So the authors and publishers of such books have (pardon the metaphor) fattened their ideas into a form they are not ashamed to peddle for $12.95. The business cries for someone to put an end to all this puffery by putting out, in a single volume, an Anthology of American Diets. Meanwhile, however, I am coming to the rescue. Your Ecphorizer subscription has just been enhanced, at no additional cost, by the addition of Towner's Magic Diet. I will reveal it to you now. While other diet plans may require several lines for their explication, the Magic Diet can be expressed is three short words: Don't eat lunch.
George is one of those lucky ones who never gets fat. I mean really truly and obviously overweight. That's not to say that the pounds haven't come and gone over the years, and why wouldn't they when you're married to the finest unknown French chef this side of the English Channel. George also wrote "Carbohydrates and Summer," another essay on dieting featured elsewhere in these pages. You can read about George's latest book here! More Articles by George Towner |
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