Thom Nickels | B+L Featured Columnist

Thom Nickels: First-world diets
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“While traveling with fellow journalists several years ago in the Middle East, one thing became apparent to me: most of the writers on the trip had food issues.

One writer claimed she could only eat gluten-free food; another writer ate only kosher foods while a third was an orthodox vegan. The food issues surfaced from our very first meal when the gluten free scribe began bombarding the waiter with questions: Would he list all the menu items that were gluten-free? When the waiter rattled off a number of dishes, the scribe then had him go to the appetizer and salad items until much of the menu was critiqued and analyzed.

Although this particular writer was one of the most delightful people on the trip, when it came to food she became the culinary version of Joseph Stalin...."
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** About Thom Nickels:
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Thom Nickels is a Philadelphia-based journalist/columnist and the 2005 recipient of the AIA Lewis Mumford Award for Architectural Journalism. He writes for City Journal, New York, and Frontpage Magazine. Thom Nickels is the author of fifteen books, including “Literary Philadelphia ([link removed]) ” and ”From Mother Divine to the Corner Swami: Religious Cults in Philadelphia ([link removed]) .” His latest is “Death in Philadelphia: The Murder of Kimberly Ernest ([link removed]) .” He is currently at work on “The Last Romanian Princess and Her World Legacy,” about the life of Princess Ileana of Romania.

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