Pot on the Fire is the latest collection from "the most enticingly serendipitous voice on the culinary front since Elizabeth David and M.F.K. Fisher" ( Connoisseur). As the title suggests, it celebrates-and, in classic Thorne style, ponders, probes, and scrutinizes-a lifelong engagement with the elements of cooking, and elemental cooking from cioppino to kedgeree. John Thorne's curiosity ranges far and wide, from nineteenth-century famine-struck Ireland to the India of th...

In this collection of essays, John Thorne sets out to explore the origins of his identity as a cook, going "here" (the Maine coast, where he'd summered as a child and returned as an adult for a decade's sojourn), "there" (southern Louisiana, where he was captivated by Creole and Cajun cooking), and "everywhere" (where he provides a sympathetic reading of such national culinary icons as the hamburger, white bread, and American cheese, and sits down to a big bowl of Texas red). These intelli...

BACK ISSUEBase Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

BACK ISSUEBase Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

The untold story of baseball's nineteenth-century origins: "a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat" (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal).You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn't. Perhaps you've read that baseball's color line wa...

(Apr. 1997) - David Lynch's new film Lost Highway examined in depth! Plus: Lynch retrospective in New York (including a Lynch Q&A transcript!); Lynch's Return of the Jedi; LH stars on talk shows; Chris Isaak; and more! "X-Files Extra": XF at the Golden Globe and SAG awards; Nicholas Lea; and book and magazine news!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television serie...

(Aug. 2002) - On the tenth anniversary of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, this issue features an all-new, 10-page essay that proposes a way to interpret the film as a cohesive work in which the Deer Meadow prologue is fully integrated into the entirety of the film! Plus: a detailed episode guide to Mark Frost's short-lived All Souls TV show; a brief interview with David Lynch's Blue Bob CD collaborator John Neff; a huge letters column; and some X-Files news. Wraparound cover photo from FWWM...

(Apr. 2003) - Special Chris Isaak issue! Articles include a look at his role as FBI Special Agent Chet Desmond in Fire Walk With Me, a survey of his CDs, and an episode guide to the first season of The Chris Isaak Show on Showtime. (Check out the great selection of photos, some published here for the first time!) Also in this issue: an interview with David Lynch talking about the new Eraserhead DVD; a review of the disc; and the usual letters and news sections.Wrapped in Plastic Ma...

(Feb. 1999) - "Unseen Twin Peaks" compares the scripts with the televised versions for episodes 2016-2021! Also: the rare Twin Peaks board game from Japan; Fire Walk With Me promo material; Chris Isaak in concert; and TV round-up! "X-Files Extra" covers humor in XF and Anderson talk show appearances! And more!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twi...

(Dec. 2004) - James Marshall talks about his role as Bookhouse Boys biker James Hurley in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me! Also: "David Lynch is a Boy Scout" examines Lynch's official press biography (which reads simply "Eagle Scout, Missoula, Montana"); a detailed look at the extremely rare 1991 Hallmark Twin Peaks calendar that was pulled from distribution; Rebecca and Sam Umland's report on the efforts to preserve Alvin Straight's house in Laurens, Iowa; and lots of updates about TP ac...

(Dec. 2002) - Lenny Von Dohlen discusses his Harold Smith role in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me! Also: Rebecca Umland examines The Straight Story in light of the quest motif with emphasis on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; four-page report of Lynch-related television appearances; the final regularly-scheduled "X-Files Extra"; and a lengthy letters column with readers discussing WIP's theory (from issue 60) that the Deer Meadow sequence in FWWM is a dream!Wrapped in Plastic Maga...

(Feb. 1994) - Interview with Mark Frost (part 2): Frost on Twin Peaks; Mark Frost retrospective; "Unseen Twin Peaks" (analysis of script for episode 2022).Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other projects) by Lynch, interviews with Twin Peaks actors, writers, and producers, news on...