Literary Nonfiction. Food. Essays. EATEN BACK TO LIFE is a series of essays, observations, and overly intellectualized meanderings about eating, drinking, indulging, and the culture and philosophy of food. With his trademark skeptical, stink-eyed observations, Jonah Campbell considers the many pleasures of modern life—including urchins, fudge, potato chips, calvados, Nigella Lawson, and depictions of corpulence in old French …