Michael Broadbent
(Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1980, $8 at a second-hand bookstore)
Anyone who works in a research-based field needs reference books to answer questions, confirm facts and supply background information. I regularly consult encyclopedias and atlases.
The
Oxford Companion is, in my view, the most comprehensive and the most relevant of the many encyclopedias available. A principal virtue is that its entries are supplied by dozens of contributors, all experts in their fields. For example, the entries concerning Spain, my main tasting beat, are mostly written by Victor de la Serna, a journalist for
El Mundo and one of the leading authorities on the country’s wines. It’s worth it to upgrade to new editions as they are published.
articles that came out about detroit, about what detroit means, about photo essays of the abandoned buildings. i wonder as someone who has been in detroit, served on the city council, you know, deep roots in the city, what do you think we get wrong about detroit? what are the sort of misconceptions about your hometown? first of all, good morning, chris. let me say that detroit is already coming back. there s no wreck for detroit. there is rye survievival in det. gm is enjoying record profits and chrysler first profit in years and 1.4 million jobs have been saved! detroit is the home of the auto industry along with being the home of motown and a number of other great things and greatest sports teams in america. this city is already reviving. when you say reviving, look. obviously, the city has lost a