EC: How Lawyer and Romance Author Jasmine Guillory Does Breakfast
Love has its ups and downs, but in Jasmine Guillory's debut novel The Wedding Date, that takes on a literal layer.
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EC: How David Wain Does Breakfast
Way back in 2004, I interned for the short-lived Comedy Central show Stella. I was in the locations department, so I had to drive around the city and ask people if we could shoot in their restaurant, bar, or Moose Lodge for a little bit of money. Even if you’ve never seen the show, you’ve heard of the three guys who produced and starred in it: David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black. They've also made great stuff like The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and They Came Together, among many others.
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EC: The Guy Who Eats 154-Year-Old Crackers for Fun
Steve Thomas holds a World War II-era US K Ration Breakfast MRE (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) box in his hands with glee. The yellowed paper, covered in wax to protect the contents inside, simply says "Breakfast" and contains 70-year-old pork and eggs. If the food isn't rotten, Steve will eat it. Occasionally, that hasn't stopped him. He once ate a 154-year-old, Civil War-era cracker that smelled like “old mothballs and library books.”
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EC: How Artist and Activist Sunaura Taylor Does Breakfast
One of the best books of 2017, in the opinion of this proud vegan, was Sunaura Taylor’s Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation.
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EC: How Margaret H. Willison, the Internet’s Favorite Librarian, Does Breakfast
Margaret H. Willison lives in Boston and loves the idea of breakfast—even if she admits it’s not her number one priority in the morning. Willison is a librarian by day, but she's more known for being a regular NPR personality and the host of a 24/7 slumber party on Twitter.
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EC: How Actress Angela Gulner Does Breakfast
Angela Gulner, a Los Angeles-based actress and writer, created Binge, a dark comedy about a young woman with bulimia. The show, which is based on Gulner’s own experience with an eating disorder, is a breath of fresh air. It's part of a new generation of film and TV that portrays those with mental illnesses as complete people; they’re more than their struggles.