What the Great Ate - PUBLICITY & MEDIA

What the Great Ate co-authors Mark and Matthew Jacob will participate in a variety of events to promote their new book and share some of the interesting anecdotes they learned as they wrote it.

Producers or reporters who are interested in scheduling interviews with Mark or Matthew should click here to submit their requests. Below is an update on interviews, book events and reviews:

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

On February 26, the Texas-based Librarians' Choice named What the Great Ate as one of its recommended "fun and intriguing collective biographies."

On January 17, the website Top-5-Goodies, a New Zealand-based site of library resources, called our book "a collection of interesting [and] intriguing anecdotes about people and food."

On November 15, 2011, Gomestic wrote this post about our book's tidbits about the greats of Hollywood.

On October 20, 2011, Canadian romance novelist Lecia Cornwall sent a Tweet about our book: "Something fun - 25 Fun Food Facts from 'What the Great Ate'. You will be happy to stick to your diet after this!"

On October 18, 2011, the home decor shop Maltshop Kittens Inc. posted this Facebook message citing a story in our book about Albert Einstein and ice cream.

On August 23, 2011, award-winning author Irena Chalmers wrote this post on her website about our book, using quotes from co-author Matthew Jacob.

On July 23, 2011, the International Business Times cited the book in this article about the "5 Greatest Gluttons of All Times."

On July 21, 2011, the website Your Jewish News cited What the Great Ate in this post about actress Angelina Jolie.

On July 7, 2011, the San Antonio Express-News published its "Time Out" feature, citing several sports statistics and anecdotes, including a list of the favorite foods of five famous sports figures.

On June 26, 2011, Matthew was interviewed about the book by Dan and Laurie Purkis, co-hosts of the "Arise Shine" program on KLGO radio station in Austin, Tex.

On May 24, 2011, the magazine of Hendrix College featured this interview with Mark Jacob, a Hendrix alumnus and co-writer of What the Great Ate.

On April 21, 2011, Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper published this article about the eating habits of Canadian politicians, and the writer quoted co-author Matthew Jacob.

On April 4, 2011, the public library in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, cited our book on its Facebook page as one of four new cooking books that it was offering to readers.

On March 8, 2011, Mark and Matthew spoke about their book at a show sponsored by the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association in Toronto, Ontario.
On February 17, 2011, the Vancouver-based Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks reported on its blog that our book was one of the store's top 10 bestsellers in January.

On February 7, 2011,, the blog Futur Parfait called our book "a fun read, full of bizarro factoids on the picky eating habits of famous people throughout the ages."

On January 31, 2011, Mark talked about the book at a meeting of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association in Vancouver, B.C.

On January 27, 2011, the Naples (Fla.) Daily News' Don Farmer praises our book in this column.

On January 4, 2011, this post on Serious Eats' "Slice" blog linked to our blog post about famous pizza eaters.

On December 29, 2010, the food blog Ladled cited a few tales from our book.

On December 9, 2010, the Calgary Herald's Shelley Boettcher called What the Great Ate a "fascinating little book" in this column.

On November 30, 2010, the Romanian daily newspaper Adevărul published this article featuring stories from our book.

On November 27, 2010, Mark and Matthew were interviewed by Mary Twedt, host of the Arkansas Cooks radio show on KUAR-FM radio. Click right here to listen to the program.

On November 22, 2010, Mark and Matthew spoke about their book at the University of Arkansas' Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark.

On November 22, 2010, Mark and Matthew were interviewed by news anchor Craig O'Neill of KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Ark. (CBS affiliate).

On November 4, 2010, Matthew gave a talk about What the Great Ate to the Austin Woman's Club in Austin, Tex.

On November 3, 2010, the National Italian American Foundation posted a message on its Facebook page, noting that our book "shares some tasty tidbits about great names in Italian history and culture ..."

On October 28, 2010, the opinion page of CNN.com ran this column by Matthew entitled "Politically Correct Eating on the Campaign Trail." On its website, AARP also ran the column.

The October 2010 issue of the women's lifestyle magazine More named our book one of 17 Food-Themed Books You'll Want to Eat Up. "In this funny compendium of oddities," the magazine writes, "the authors Jacob remind us that food is always a common denominator."

On October 4, 2010, the Baltimore Sun's Richard Gorelick wrote this column citing What the Great Ate.

On September 23, 2010, the website of music composer and TV personality John Tesh wrote this post about What the Great Ate.

On September 17, 2010, the United Methodist Portal posted a recent interview that Mark did with Religion News Service.

On September 15, 2010, the sports website Bleacher Report posted this article by Adam Lazarus, who cited our book in his article "Top 15 Superstar Food Fetishes."

On September 7, 2010, the Hot Clicks blog of Sports Illustrated magazine mentioned the book's anecdotes about sports greats.

On September 6, 2010, Mark was interviewed live by Minnesota Public Radio. Click here to listen to the interview.

On September 1, 2010, American Way, the official in-flight magazine of American Airlines, published this article about the book.

On August 27, 2010, The Week published this article of excerpts from our book.

On August 27, 2010, Kathryn Raaker, host of the syndicated Let's Just Talk radio show, declared our book was one of her "must reads" and "a great book for any age."

On August 25, 2010, the book was reviewed by Michael Hastings, food editor of the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal. "This is one book I had a hard time putting down," he wrote.

On August 21, 2010, Philadelphia radio station WHYY's A Chef's Table aired an interview with Matthew. To listen, click here, look for the audio link on the right side and fast-forward to the 13-minute mark of the program.

On August 21, 2010, Huffington Post published this slide show about the book.

On August 18, 2010, the Religion News Service posted this interview with Mark about the religious stories in the book. This article appeared two days later in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

On August 14, 2010, the Wall Street Journal's Life & Style section posted this article about What the Great Ate, calling it an "amusing grab-bag of food-related anecdotes."

On August 12, 2010, The National -- an English-language newspaper in the United Arab Emirates -- published this brief review of our book, calling it an "amusing compendium ... of food anecdotes and facts."

On August 7, 2010, Matthew and Mark gave a talk about What the Great Ate and signed copies of the book at Borders bookstore in Baileys Crossroads, Va.

On August 6, 2010, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica published this article about the book.

On August 5, 2010, the Washington Post's Express published this article about What the Great Ate.

On August 4, 2010, radio station KPRI (San Diego) interviewed Mark, who tells the story of the astronaut who smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space. Click here and scroll down for an audio excerpt.

On August 4, 2010, the web portal Newser posted this article about the book, linking to The Daily Beast's article (see below).

On August 3, 2010, The Daily Beast published this article about the book and wrote, "Like a multi-course meal, this book is best savored slowly and deliberately."

On July 28, 2010, New York City radio station WCBS aired an interview with Mark. The station posted this web page, which includes an audio excerpt from the interview.

On July 27, 2010, the CBS News Health Blog posted this article featuring several tales from the book, which the blog said was filled with "many fascinating facts."

On July 27, 2010, WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) aired this interview with brothers Mark and Matthew.

On July 25, 2010, this interview with Mark about What the Great Ate was published in the Toronto Star.

On July 25, 2010, Arkansas Times editor Max Brantley wrote this blog post about the book.

On July 24, 2010, WJBC radio (Bloomington, Ill.) interviewed Matthew about What the Great Ate. A podcast of the interview is accessible here.
On July 22, 2010, the Washington Post's Stephen Lowman wrote this blog post calling What the Great Ate "a smorgasboard of amusing tidbits on the favorite foods of prominent artists, scientists, sports stars and, yes, politicos."

On July 21, 2010, The New Yorker posted this article about What the Great Ate on its web page called "The Book Bench."

On July 18, 2010, radio host Rick Kogan of WGN radio (Chicago) interviewed Mark and Matthew about their book during Kogan's "Sunday Papers" program. Click here to listen to the interview.
On July 18, 2010, the New York Daily News published an article that featured many stories from What the Great Ate and called the book "an impressive catalogue of food-related tales about the world's most famous people."

On July 18, 2010, the British newspaper The Telegraph published this article on the book.
On July 17, 2010, Mark and Matthew signed copies of What the Great Ate at the best independent bookstore on Chicago's North Shore -- The Book Stall in Winnetka, Illinois.
On July 17, 2010, Mile-High Sports Radio (Denver) interviewed Matthew about the eating habits of famous sports figures.
On July 16, 2010, the website ifood posted this review of What the Great Ate. The popular food portal wrote, "This book has a massive collection of amusing food trivia" about food preferences of the famous.
On July 15, 2010, talk-show host John Carney of KMOX radio (St. Louis) interviewed Mark about the book. Click here to listen to the interview.
On July 15, 2010, Tampa Tribune food writer Jeff Houck interviewed Mark and Matthew for his blog called "The Stew." Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
On July 15, 2010, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Mark and Matthew sold and signed copies of their book at the famous Billy Goat Tavern in downtown Chicago. If you're curious what makes the Billy Goat famous, click here to find out.
On July 15, 2010, Martha Stewart Living radio (Sirius XM) interviewed Mark about What the Great Ate.
On July 14, 2010, the Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun published this article by Mark and Matthew called "Dining With the Stars" and sharing anecdotes from What the Great Ate. In the following weeks, the Seattle Times, Kansas City Star and Providence Journal published this same article.
On July 14, 2010, Reuters posted this brief Q & A with the co-authors, which appeared on Yahoo! News.
On July 14, 2010, the Peru-based food portal LaYemaDelGusto.com (The Bud of Taste) posted this article featuring anecdotes from our book.
On July 8, 2010, the Albany (NY) Times-Union's Steve Barnes gave What the Great Ate his thumbs-up. "It's a book to nibble on, not consume all at once, but will provide plenty of curiosities with which you can fascinate friends," Barnes wrote.
On July 8, 2010, the blog Around the Horn Baseball lauded the book as "reasonably priced and one that I'm certain you will enjoy sharing with your friends and family."
On July 7, 2010, the Philadelphia City Paper published this review, praising the book's "quick-hit food anecdotes" that are "organized in trim sections perfect for browsing." He writes that the Jacob brothers "must've mucked through skyscraper-size piles of research materials to put together this book" -- and he's right about that.
On June 20, 2010, the Chicago Tribune published this article -- "10 Things You Might Not Know About Chicago Food," co-written by Mark and the Tribune's Stephan Benzkofer.
On June 17, 2010, the Food Channel's Bill Bailey linked to our book and cited Matthew's Huffington Post article for referring to "one of our all-time favorite movie scenes." Click here to watch this movie scene.
On June 16, 2010, Huffington Post published this blog article by Matthew called "A Table for Three: I, Me and Mine."
In a June 7, 2010 article, Publishers Weekly named What the Great Ate as one of 13 "Books on Foodies' Beach Blankets" this summer.
On May 27, 2010, Huffington Post published this blog article by Matthew called "In Election Years, Food Is Fodder."