Eating like the icons

A new book take us through history, stringing together the great food obsessions and repulsions of great thinkers, leaders, and artists. Midmorning finds out what foods fueled famous minds.

Guests

• Mark Jacob: Deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, he was part of the team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. He is the author of the newspaper's popular "10 Things You Might Not Know" feature. He is co-author of "What the Great Ate.

Resources

• What the Great Ate Blog