Adam Gopnik

The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.

Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.

I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.

There's no buying a greasy breakfast in L.A. - it's all organic juices.

I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.