Jeff Gordinier is the food and drinks editor of Esquire, a frequent contributor to the New York Times, and an author (2008's X Saves the World and 2019's Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World). 

During this episode, he shares how reading poetry and writing postcards get his creative juices going (8:30), the value he’s found in writing his pieces and books in longhand (30:32), his approach to writing profiles (42:30), and more!

Current curiosities:

Ben: On Writing by Stephen King

Jeff: Evil Geniuses by Kurt Andersen

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