Photo Section

Mr. Yu in his chef whites in front of the red gate of the Taichung house, Taiwan, 1963.

Adam and Oliver eating a late lunch with Mr. Yu and his family after school, Taiwan, 1963.

The Three Tigers—Adam, Nicholas Jr., and Oliver—one of them dressed uncomfortably in his British boy scout uniform.

Number Three Tiger prepares to board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the fall of 1967.

A family hot pot with Mr. Wong and his children, Hong Kong, 1966.

The Two Tigers, one with a pomelo skin on his head, Hong Kong, 1965.

The Platt family junk, The Star Elephant, at anchor in Hong Kong.

My mother and her camera, Hong Kong, 1967.

The Platt house, Cornish, New Hampshire.

Cousin Frank, the family gastronome, uncorking a large bottle of wine during a Labor Day goat roast, Cornish, New Hampshire. Thomas Palmer

The birth of a critic: the best Young Adam could do for the Di-Dee-Wash Diaper man, Washington, DC, 1959.

Cover boy, January 2014. Bobby Doherty

Penelope Platt greets her strange new father on her adoption day, Hefei, China, 2003.

On the job bright and early, beginning with a very big breakfast, Lake Annecy, France.

The Platt family on assignment in Paris, spring 2015. Note the slightly pained look on Dad’s face, who will dine at two more restaurants that evening.

Before and after diet photos for yet another paunchy-critic-attempts-to-diet story, September 2016. Bobby Doherty