Portions of the chapters titled “Eating with My Family,” “Travels, Part 2,” “Meditations on Dieting, Final Thoughts,” and “Faking It: The Imperfect Art of the Perfect Review, Part 1” were originally published in New York magazine as “Platt v. Fat” (September 8, 2016), “To Die For” (April 25, 2008), “Eat and Run” (Fall 2004), and “Nibbling Doubts” (August 28, 2000). Reprinted with permission.
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