Category Archives: An Economist Gets Lunch

“Thucydides Gets Lunch”

Posted on 2012/04/12 by .

To find good food and not get fleeced, he recommends, leave the city centers and seek marginal areas. Mr. Trillin has been saying this for at least 40 years. I suspect Thucydides preferred the little joint on a side street … Continue reading →

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“How an Economist Looks at Food: An Interview with Tyler Cowen”

Posted on 2012/04/12 by .

Spending good money on bad food isn’t great for your wallet or your waistline, but most consumers do just that. “Most people are stuck in a rut — we’re our own worst enemies,” says Tyler Cowen, author of the new … Continue reading →

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“Why American Food Used to Be So Bad and Other Lessons From Tyler Cowen”

Posted on 2012/04/12 by .

For the past four years, I’ve been ordering the most unappatizing sounding item on the menu when I eat at nice restaurants. This counterintuitive advice from Tyler Cowen’s 2007 book Discover Your Inner Economist has worked surprisingly well. Cowen’s newest … Continue reading →

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“‘An Economist Gets Lunch’ by Tyler Cowen takes on food snobs For foodies, this advice may be hard to swallow”

Posted on 2012/04/11 by .

Dangle a gastro-spirited book, no matter how provincial, esoteric or ancient, before the eyes and palates of most food lovers, and we will find something to relish. It could be a recipe, a technique, or some toothsome nugget of culinary … Continue reading →

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“Going ethnic”

Posted on 2012/04/11 by .

This is a delightful book that will broaden horizons to people uninitiated to the economic way of thinking. Cowen’s fans will enjoy it too — although some of the arguments will be second nature to followers of his blog, MarginalRevolution.com. … Continue reading →

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“Economic Theory Plots a Course for Good Food”

Posted on 2012/04/11 by .

Take a renowned economist to lunch, and you learn a few things. For instance, if you dine where children are among the patrons, you can count on bad food. Children are, in fact, one of the reasons American food got … Continue reading →

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“A Contrarian Chowhound Weighs In”

Posted on 2012/04/11 by .

Reading Mr. Cowen is like pushing a shopping cart through Whole Foods with Rush Limbaugh. The patter is nonstop and bracing. Mr. Cowen delivers observations that, should Alice Waters ever be detained in Gitmo, her captors will play over loudspeakers … Continue reading →

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“Invisible Hand to Mouth”

Posted on 2012/04/06 by .

His goal now is to provide a guide to dining well anywhere, while minimizing risk of the Cowen nightmare, a meal that is an expensive bore. His commandments fall into two categories. The first is variations on a general mantra … Continue reading →

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