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show bios Mark Jacob, and Matthew Jacob
Mark Jacob
Mark Jacob is deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and a native of North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is also the co-author of "What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame."
Matthew Jacob
Matthew Jacob is a freelance columnist and author of the food blog "foodforia." He is also the co-author of "What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame." Jacob is a native of North Little Rock, Arkansas.
What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame
Date: 11/22/2010
In "What the Great Ate," brothers Matthew and Mark Jacob chronicle a sampling of the peculiar culinary likes, dislikes, habits and attitudes of famous and often notorious figures throughout history. From Thomas Jefferson and Elvis Presley to Benito Mussolini and J. Edgar Hoover, the book reveals the food habits and tastes of people who've shaped history. Matthew Jacob is a freelance columnist and author of the food blog "foodforia." Mark Jacob is deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune. The brothers are natives of North Little Rock, Arkansas.
