FORGET THE FROSTED FLAKES: Former Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler (left), joined nutritionist Marion Nestle (right) in a panel moderated by former New York Times food critic Ruth Reichl (center) to talk about The Politics of Food and Health Care. |
Everybody in America is on a diet and everybody is living in torment, said former Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler, setting the scene for a recent discussion on The Politics of Food and Health Care, sponsored by the Stafford Little Lecture Fund at Princeton University.
The ancient traditions of friendship, fellowship, and shared prayer have a great deal to say to people in the 21st century, according Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of London in The Dignity of Difference. The possibility of being made a better person in the presence of others was very much in evidence at the Princeton University Chapel this weekend, when Diwali, a harvest festival considered to be the most important holiday on the Hindu calendar, was celebrated with devotional music, sacred readings, classical Indian dance, and a traditional Hindu worship service.
Sunday marked the Princeton Public Library debut of Fred Miller, although, the musician-actor noted, hes been working in the area for some 30 years. A good-sized crowd showed up in the librarys Community Room on a beautiful afternoon to hear him sing and talk about the American composer Cole Porter (1891-1964).