Calvin Trillin

Wall Street Smarts

A theory about why the financial system nearly collapsed seemed too simple to be true, but it was hard to find any flaws in it.

By Meat Alone

Calvin Trillin visits Snow’s BBQ, a small-town restaurant near Austin that won the title of “The best barbecue in Texas.”

Speaking of Soup

Calvin Trillin visits the town of Cuenca, in Ecuador, in order to learn Spanish and eat fanesca, a thick vegetable soup served around Holy Week.

Local Bounty

“Local Bounty” by Calvin Trillin was published in the print edition of the January 20, 2003, issue of The New Yorker.

The Red and the White

Calvin Trillin writes about a test designed to determine whether wine drinkers can tell the difference between red and white only by taste or smell.