No dads wiser than the nation's founding fathers, as this bit of advice from Benjamin Franklin makes plain

The sightless bell-ringer of the Scottish burg of Dumfries pursued a vision of industry that left his fellow townspeople blinking with disbelief

Nicolas Chamfort saw life as one unending hunger game

Author and diet guru Vance Thompson believed that fat writers stood a slim chance of finding happiness

"Everything on a Japanese menu, from the soups to the hors d'oeuvres to the raw fish, is beautifully conceived."

The maiden voyage of the submarine The Argonaut represented to its passengers a submersion of the ordinary.

The impertinence of "morning people"

“Why not throb with superior vitality!"

The delight of eating escargot was matched only by the pleasure of knowing you didn't have to shell out a lot for the meal.

A legendary film director weighs in on overeating and intimacy.

Life for Japan's firefly catchers was full of hard knocks.

"Bibliophiles are gastronomes, gourmets, gourmands, epicures..."

How modesty survived the custom of sharing beds with all comers remains one of New England's oldest mysteries.